I have a plan.. I really DO

[JN]

On Wednesday, 4 July 2018 at 19:49:00 UTC, Ecstatic Coder wrote:
>
> For instance, to be a perfect C++ alternative, D would probably 
> need to be 100% :
> 1. usable (strings, slices, etc) without GC
> 2. interoperable with any existing C++ library
>
> For for game development :
> 3. compilable on all game development platforms 
> (Win/Mac/Linux/Android/iOS/Switch/PS4/etc)
>
> I don't know if this can be achieved, or if this is really 
> worth the effort.

I think it isn't. Language is only a small part of the equation 
nowadays. The ecosystem is more important. If you made strings, 
slices etc. usable without GC, you'd probably make it 
incompatible with 90% of the existing code. The ecosystem would 
be split into "no GC" and "GC" libraries. And then you'd have the 
"C++ folks" complaining about how it's hard to tell what is 
supported, what isn't.

If you aren't decisive, you open yourself to others doubting you. 
Look at C#, Java, Javascript. They have GC, do people complain 
about it? For the most part no, they just learned to deal with it 
and other language features make it worth it for them. These 
languages don't really consider adding advanced manual memory 
management options to lure in "C++ folks". Neither Unity is 
rewriting their engine in Rust as of this moment.