Andrei's list of barriers to D adoption

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On Tuesday, 7 June 2016 at 17:19:16 UTC, Wyatt wrote:
> On Tuesday, 7 June 2016 at 08:05:58 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
>> So instead of debating this endlessly, I think this is about 
>> the tenth time this has come up in the last two years, why 
>> doesn't a group of people who know about GC algorithms get 
>> together and write a new one?
>
> In addition to the other answers, it's worth noting that most 
> every good modern GC algorithm I can think of requires 
> barriers.  Walter has repeatedly and emphatically declared that 
> D will not have barriers, so we're kind of SoL on on that 
> front.  Java and Go don't have that problem.
>
> -Wyatt

hear, hear!