D Language 2.0

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

BCS wrote:
> Hello Andrei,
> 
>> The nice part about refcounting is that for the most part you don't
>> need to cripple the language.
>>
> 
> I think people are trying to say that disallowing use of GC stuff 
> wouldn't cripple the language.

Well it's a fact that there would be fewer idioms and options 
accessible. So I didn't mean it in a derogatory way as much as a factual 
statement.

> Also there is one thing that -nogc would have over what you are talking 
> about; you could use it on some modules and not others. If I have some 
> performance critical code where attempting to use the GC would break 
> it's perf contract, I can put it in it's own module and compile just it 
> with -nogc and then link it in with code that does use the GC.

Meh. This has been discussed in the C++ standardization committee, and 
it gets really tricky real fast when you e.g. use together several 
libraries, each with its own view of memory management. My impression: 
don't.


Andrei