Discussion about D at a C++ forum

[Mehrdad]

On 1/8/2012 7:09 PM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Sunday, 8 January 2012 at 23:28:57 UTC, Mehrdad wrote:
>> 7. Unstable language. They're currently considering doing things like 
>> removing "delete" as it's apparently deprecated (which will 
>> officially make it not usable as an SP language).
>>   Looks 100% correct. Removing 'delete' /does/ make D unusable as an 
>> SP language... unless you ignore the GC completely, which isn't even 
>> possible, practically speaking.
>
> I don't understand how you came to that conclusion? "delete" will 
> become a standard library (or easily-implemented user) function.
Would it still have the same functionality (i.e. disposing of GC'd 
objects and reclaiming their memory, as though the GC had done it)?
If so, what's the point of removing it in the first place?
If not, then I guess my point is obvious.