On 6/6/16 5:41 PM, Joseph Cassman wrote:
On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 02:20:52 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Andrei posted this on another thread. I felt it deserved its own
thread. It's very important.
[...]
* The garbage collector eliminates probably 60% of potential users
right off.
Curious of the progress/plan for RC. From the autodecode thread sounds
like RC-string is still in the works. How's that effort coming along?
Progress is slow but steady.
I
am guessing it may be guiding the implementation of an RC design for D.
If you and Andrei have a working design perhaps it could be shared (no
pressure, just curious since it is a tough problem to solve). Perhaps
sharing a plan on this front could dispel some of the negativity
attached to the GC?
We will share things as soon as we have something worth sharing.
Andrei