If I had my way

[so]

On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:12:29 +0200, Bane  
<branimir.milosavljevic at gmail.com> wrote:

> There is only one way to really settle pro/anti GC discussions, and that  
> is optional compilation with  or without gc, refcounting etc. That is  
> only way to get the facts how much does GC slows program down (or not :)
>
> I am pro GC definitely for simple reason it increases productivity  
> significantly.
>
> But in systems world there will always be significant number of people  
> with doubt in any GC implementation, or just with a desire to do their  
> own memory management. I think that group of people is important and we  
> should do what we can to attract them to D.

Yep, all the GC discussion i have seen people trying to divert it to a MM  
war.
In reality, that is if you ignore PL bigots, problem is so simple. GCs  
fail big time on some specific
tasks. (games are one of the best examples). Now if someone comes up with  
a GC that fulfills this need,
NO sane programmer would use MMM. There is no pro or anti on this issue.  
It is just the practical failure of GC implementations.