OSNews article about C++09 degenerates into C++ vs. D discussion

[Walter Bright]

Boris Kolar wrote:
> I don't understand why a good RIAA is not already a part of D. C++ has it, so
> it obviously can be done. The new 'scoped' keyword is insufficient for me,
> because I'd like to make all my classes scoped. I can usually develop
> 99% of my C++ code without a single 'new' or 'malloc'. Most of my classes
> are small (average ~2 fields and ~4 methods) and only used locally, so I'm
> really angry when I think about negative performance impact they will have
> in D simply because a decent RIAA is missing.

Have you considered using structs instead of classes? They are allocated 
on the stack.