@@ -5,8 +5,22 @@
 public import std.stdio;
 public import std.string;
 public import std.typecons;
 import std.c.stdlib;
+
+// To avoide the following ICE:
+//   src\phobos\std\algorithm.d(4552):
+//     Error: function std.algorithm.count!("a == b",string,char).count
+//     compiler error, parameter 'value', bugzilla 2962?
+//     Assertion failure: '0' on line 717 in file 'glue.c'
+int count(T,V)(T[] a, V v)
+{
+	int cnt = 0;
+	foreach(e; a)
+		if(e == v)
+			++cnt;
+	return cnt;
+}
 
 void application_exit()
 {
 	std.c.stdlib.exit(0);