Clarification on D.

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 at 20:00:54 UTC, aberba wrote:
> I don't really have much experience with large code base, so 
> spare me.
>
> From a technical and experience point of view (those with 
> experience in large D code-base), how is only D's GC & optional 
> MMM a significant production-use blocker?
>
>  (To make my problem clear, how is D's current state not going 
> to allow / make it so difficult for developers (who know what 
> they are doing) to write say Photoshop-scale software: 
> excluding those *so* realtime use cases?)
>
> Note: I understand that D is never going without critics: 
> perfection is impossible. And, in my line of work, I highly 
> prefer the safety of GC compared to MMM... so I don't see 
> myself worried about GC pauses.
>
> I hope my question makes sense.

D's GC doesn't have great performances. However it works great 
and generally you don't depend as much on the GC as you would in 
other languages. If you don't have real time constraints, you 
should be fine.