Idea #1 on integrating RC with GC

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On Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at 17:55:36 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> I think at this stage we need more people to start with. 
> Someone pointed out recently we have 77 lifetime contributors 
> to github, as opposed to e.g. Rust which has 292.

It's unfortunate that D's biggest competitor is Rust. Being 
pushed by Mozilla means they automatically have access to a 
larger pool of contributors that contribute to other Mozilla 
stuff, who probably wouldn't have contributed to Rust otherwise.

However, I think DDMD will bring about a small bump in 
contributors. Personally, I haven't used C++ in awhile, and I've 
grown rusty. At this point, D is probably the language I'm most 
comfortable with, especially for hacking on something complex 
like a compiler. I imagine there are at least a few people who 
feel the same way and are waiting for DDMD before they take a 
crack at contributing.