Why does D rely on a GC?

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On Tuesday, 19 August 2014 at 17:11:21 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
> My last interaction with Rust was when I commented that 
> adoption would be hurt if they require an understanding of the 
> memory model just to get started, to which they responded more 
> or less that it's not a big deal. At that point I concluded the 
> language was lost. I can only imagine what it will look like in 
> five years.

Same here. Want to solve the C++ problem, solve compilation speed 
first. I can't see programmers suddenly willing to manage 
lifetimes explicitely, also I can see the Rust syntax create an 
endless stream of complaints.