Will the D GC be awesome?

[Justin Whear]

On Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:26:05 +0200, DypthroposTheImposter wrote:

> D is pretty cool, perhaps someday I can use it instead of C++ and have
> cool shit like fast build times, modules, no more bloody headers, sane
> templates, CTFE, UFCS etc
> 
>   But can the D GC ever be made:
> 
> 1. precise 2. able to scale to large-ish data set(2gig+)
> 3. No long stalls(anything over a couple millisecond(<3))
> 
> Q. Curious, would it be compacting?
> 
>   If not then I'm stuck not using it much--
> 
> Which leaves me with structs, and lets just say D struct are not
> impressive--
> 
> 
> * Oh and on a totally unrelated note, D needs Multiple return values.
> Lua has it, it's awesome. D doesn't want to be left out does it?
> 
> * OpCmp returning an int is fugly I r sad
> 
> * why is haskell so much shorter syntax, can D get that nice syntax
> plssssssssss
> 
> STAB!

Can you write a GC which meets your criteria?  If so, D can get one as 
soon as you write and contribute it.

Justin