Linus with some good observations on garbage collection

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 04/25/2011 10:06 AM, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> I was thinking of where one implements an alternative runtime that may not
> necessarily interface with a GC, or has different semantics on the use of the
> keyword (the compiler, after all, doesn't know/care what exactly 'delete' does, it
> just does it's job at emitting the correct action we expect from it). Though it
> was late night and I perhaps didn't quite put it right anyway.
>
> Having literally slept on it though, a runtime with a good GC is one that doesn't
> offer a choice to 'delete' memory - so I am on your side.  Though reflecting from
> my experience with the D2 GC (thinking from a compiler implementers POV), there
> isn't much I can really praise about it.
>
> Custom (de)allocators I can also see a very good point for removal too, however
> much a stab in the back for those who can use them in the - perhaps 'one-and-only'
> - case for a small amount of speed gain.
>
> Iain

I understand. The right response to this is defining a good custom 
allocator API and providing good implementations of it.

Andrei