Why I Like D

[Elronnd]

On Wednesday, 12 January 2022 at 16:17:02 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> Depends on what kind of games, I guess. If you're writing a 
> 60fps real-time raytraced 3D FPS running at 2048x1152 
> resolution, then *perhaps* you might not want a GC killing your 
> framerate every so often.

Resolution is down to GPU performance, raytracing ditto.  
Realtime GC is a thing (not for d, of course); consistently 
sub-millisecond pause times are achievable.  Given 16ms 
frametimes (you mention 60fps), that seems reasonable.


> (But even then, there's always GC.disable and @nogc... so it's 
> not as if you *can't* do it in D. It's more a psychological 
> barrier triggered by the word "GC" than anything else, IMNSHO.)

Agree.