On Friday, 18 April 2014 at 20:24:51 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 4/18/2014 10:54 AM, John Colvin wrote:
My understanding is that a more sophisticated GC will also not
coexist quite so
peacefully with pointers of all types. Is it not the
conservativeness* of the GC
that enables this coexistence?
Yes. Which is one reason why D doesn't emit write gates for
indirect assignment.
Which, if any, of the more sophisticated GC designs out there -
in your opinion - would work well with D? Perhaps more
importantly, which do you see as *not* working well with D.
