Smart pointers instead of GC?

[JR]

On Sunday, 2 February 2014 at 05:30:02 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 2/1/14, 8:18 PM, Frank Bauer wrote:
>> On Sunday, 2 February 2014 at 03:38:03 UTC, Andrei 
>> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Whoa, this won't work without an explosion in language 
>>> complexity.
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> Only daydreaming ...
>
> No, it's a nightmare.
>
> Andrei

So, going forward, what would you say is the preferred direction 
to strive toward?

I *seem* to remember reading here that you and Walter were 
increasingly growing to favor ARC, but I can't find the post. 
(Memory bitrot on my part is more than likely.)