On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 12:52:59 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote:
On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 09:54:05 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
"C, Python, Go, and the Generalized Greenspun Law"
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7804
"Maybe D is right about GC after all!"
No, GC is just one kind of automatic memory management. Just
like we have many different data structures all suited for
different purposes, we need different memory managers for
different purposes. D's mistake is that it has dominantly
favored one.
Mike
But it doesn't preclude you from using others, unlike other that
force it. Yes it can be a bit of a pain to work around but it can
be done.
