D only has Advantages

[Joakim]

On Friday, 15 June 2018 at 04:19:22 UTC, Tony wrote:
> On Friday, 15 June 2018 at 02:17:26 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>> On Friday, 15 June 2018 at 02:02:52 UTC, Tony wrote:
>>> Have their been other languages - besides D - that compiled 
>>> to object code and used a garbage collector?
>>
>> You can use a GC with C++ and you can compile Java to native 
>> code ahead of time.
>>
>> The distinctions aren't really that sharp, it just depends on 
>> how you use it.
>
> After I posted I wanted to edit it to add "disregarding JIT in 
> conjunction with a VM like JVM or .NET". Have there been any 
> C++ compilers that used a garbage collector?
>
> What I was getting at was, if someone says "I've got a systems 
> level project I want to play around with, however GC is not a 
> deal breaker for me. ", it seems like they are making an 
> implied reference to D as I assume "systems level" means 
> "compile to object code and link with linker to executable".

Search this forum or HN for Paulo and Oberon, you'll find plenty 
of posts like this, where he lists all of them: :)

https://forum.dlang.org/post/mioycakymbdpzrymehlc@forum.dlang.org