Jacob Carlborg Wrote: > On 2010-09-03 19:58, Sean Kelly wrote: > > > > It sounds pretty nice, but this bullet point could be a problem: > > > > * Uses write barriers to min i mize the work done on minor collections. > > Why would write barriers be a problem, could you elaborate?
I think write barriers in this context are calls out to the GC to notify it of reference changes, and these are generated by the compiler. A language like D that can call inline ASM, external C routines, etc, simply can't provide that guarantee. SafeD maybe.
