Well if it's possible for C++, it's definitely possible for D which is benchmarked to compile 100 times faster and has close-to-ruby's productivity in a close-t

Well if it's possible for C++, it's definitely possible for D which is benchmarked to compile 100 times faster and has close-to-ruby's productivity in a close-to-metal language like C. An added benefit is that D already has most of the C++11 features and more. I would very much like to use D as an extension language.