My wish for 2015...

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 12/20/14 2:11 PM, Xinok wrote:
> I'm going to make a stark proposal to the you all, the community and all
> D users as whole. I wish for us to set an ultimate goal to be made top
> priority and complete by the end of next year. My wish is to resolve the
> issue of memory management for D by the end of 2015. This is a
> significant issue that has affected most of us at one point or another.
> I think this gives D a bad rap more than anything else and is a point of
> contention for many, especially those with a background in C/C++.
>
> I think the problem of memory management can be reduced to two points:
> (1) The garbage collector for D is sub-par.
> (2) There are too many implicit allocations in Phobos.
>
> I think three goals need to be met for the problem of memory management
> to be satisfied:
> (1) We need a precise garbage collector. The fact that a
> garbage-collected language experiences memory leaks truly reflects
> poorly on on D.
> (2) Furthermore, we need to improve the performance of the garbage
> collector. There are some things the developer can do to reduce the time
> and frequency collection cycles, but the current situation is far from
> optimal.
> (3) We need a viable alternative to the garbage collection. Whether that
> be allocators, ref counting, or full-fledged manual memory management,
> there is great demand for the ability to use D without the GC with
> little hassle.
[snip]

Great. I'm up for this. -- Andrei