Would the ownership model make D lang as complicated as Rust?

[Sebastiaan Koppe]

On Sunday, 15 November 2020 at 09:09:56 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> 2. Would there be GC still if we use the ownership model?
>
> Yes, though you wouldn't bother using @live functions if you 
> used the GC. There's be no point.

I thought @live can avoid refs count with regard to resource 
management, and still get deterministic destruction. That would 
be valuable even if there is a gc around.