We are forking D

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On Wednesday, 3 January 2024 at 13:38:10 UTC, Martyn wrote:
>
> If the fork is really going ALL-IN on the GC, then it no longer 
> serves my purpose.
>

I think you need to first define what you mean with no GC. I 
would presume that a D fork would work like D right now that you 
have a choice not to use the GC and instead use library 
containers similar to C++ STL (which D has partially already).

What I would like is that we can remove GC requirement for 
druntime so that you can use basic system functions without 
turning GC on.

However, making Phobos non-GC is a huge undertaking and I really 
wonder if is possible or really worth it. The only way I can see 
that is realistic is that we introduce managed pointers so that 
the GC type can be changed to at least satisfy a little more 
people. This remains to be seen which direction the memory 
management will go. I personally believe in the short term, 
improvements will be made to the tracing GC.