Would you pay for GC?

[max haughton]

On Tuesday, 25 January 2022 at 03:37:57 UTC, Elronnd wrote:
> Apropos recent discussion, here is a serious question: would 
> you pay for either of these?
>
> - High-throughput/scalable gc.  High sustained allocation 
> rates, large heaps, many cores, compacting&generational
>
> - Concurrent gc.  No pauses

If it was delivered the foundation would probably be happy to 
give at least some money (not that we have an unlimited supply), 
on the condition that it were open-sourced.

Speaking as a user of D, I wouldn't use a forked compiler should 
one be required.