On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 04:17:40 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 02:30:55 UTC, Pie? wrote:
Duh! The claim is made that D can work without the GC... but
that's a red herring... If you take about the GC what do you
have?
Like 90% of the language, still generally nicer than most the
competition.
Though, I wish D would just own its decision instead of bowing
to Reddit pressure. GC is a proven success in the real world
with a long and impressive track record. Yes, there are times
when you need to optimize your code, but even then you aren't
really worse off with it than without it.
Maybe we need official containers that use the allocator, better
messaging with concrete examples that get the point across that D
generates less garbage than some other languages whose history
might be putting people off, and better examples, tutorials, and
documentation on how to do things without the GC.
