Maybe D is right about GC after all !

[Nicholas Wilson]

On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 12:52:59 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote:
> On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 09:54:05 UTC, Walter Bright 
> wrote:
>> "C, Python, Go, and the Generalized Greenspun Law"
>>
>> http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7804
>
> "Maybe D is right about GC after all!"
>
> No, GC is just one kind of automatic memory management.  Just 
> like we have many different data structures all suited for 
> different purposes, we need different memory managers for 
> different purposes.  D's mistake is that it has dominantly 
> favored one.
>
> Mike

But it doesn't preclude you from using others, unlike other that 
force it. Yes it can be a bit of a pain to work around but it can 
be done.