Maybe D is right about GC after all !

[bachmeier]

On Tuesday, 19 December 2017 at 13:14:50 UTC, Mark 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
>
> What do you think of the following comment to that article?
>
> "In well-written modern C++, memory management errors are a 
> solved problem. You can just write code, and know that the 
> compiler and library will take care of cleaning up for you, 
> just like with a GC-based system, but with the added benefit 
> that it’s deterministic, and can handle non-memory resources 
> such as file handles and sockets too."

I'm no C++ expert, but isn't that because of the use of unique 
pointers and shared pointers? And aren't shared pointers 
reference counted and stuck with the usual limitations associated 
with reference counting?