GCs in the news

[Right via Digitalmars-d]

  I'm rather fond of RAII, I find that I rarely every need shared 
semantics.
  I use a custom object model that allows for weak_ptrs to 
unique_ptrs which I think removes some cases where people might 
otherwise be inclined to use shared_ptr.

  Shared semantics are so rare in fact I would say I hardly use it 
at all, I go for weeks of coding without creating a shared type, 
not because I'm trying to do so, but because it just isn't 
necessary.

  Which is why GC seems like such a waste, given my experience in 
C++, where I hardly need shared memory, I see little use for a 
GC(or even ARC etc), all it will do is decrease program 
performance, make deterministic destruction impossible, and 
prevent automatic cleanup of none memory resources.

  Rust seems to have caught on to what C++ has accomplished here.


  Oh, and Unreal? Yes they have a GC type "UObject", I worked on 
Unreal at one point, my impression was that this originated back 
with the original Unreal(circa 1998?), likely caused by the 
popularity of Java at the time. As for the Unreal code base? Pass 
on that.