D as A Better C?

Steven Schveighoffer schveiguy at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 11 15:44:32 PST 2014


On Tue, 11 Feb 2014 18:39:53 -0500, Joseph Rushton Wakeling  
<joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net> wrote:

> On 11/02/14 22:12, Frank Bauer wrote:
>> Excellent idea. All the cries (including mine) for a non-GC D
>> would stop at once.
>
> I hope so, but I doubt it.  Instead the criticisms will start focusing  
> on the lack of library functionality and the potential for a  
> Phobos/Tango style split between regular D and the minimal non-GC D.

I don't think so. Any valid minimal D is valid D. Tango vs. Phobos was a  
completely different incompatible runtime, and then later, a difference  
between D1 and D2.

-Steve


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