This is not about write the best D code. It is about similar code to perform same. However when I looked at the D code it is not good port of C/C++. He made many mistakes which make it slower than C/C++ counterpart.

One example is read_one_line function:

C++: https://github.com/jpakkane/pkg-config/blob/cpp/parse.cpp#L60

D: https://github.com/jpakkane/pkg-config/blob/d/parse.d#L57

On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:

So who is going to do the experiment and write the best D code to solve
the problem, write the rebuttal article, and post it?

It is good to get emotion going on the email list, but without external
action D gets no positive marketing.

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