[OT] Why mobile web apps are slow

[Jonathan A Dunlap]

> You can also make use of library types for reference counting,
>
> http://dlang.org/phobos/std_typecons.html#.RefCounted
>
> And if you really, really need, also manual memory management 
> by calling the C functions and letting the GC know not to track 
> that memory.
>
> http://dlang.org/phobos/core_memory.html#.GC.BlkAttr.NO_SCAN

Fascinating! I assume the Phobos RefCounted then avoids using the 
GC by utilizing GC.malloc (NO_SCAN) behind the scenes? Has anyone 
benchmarked an application using D's GC versus using RefCounted 
for critical paths?