D Language Foundation Monthly Meeting Summary

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Friday, 4 June 2021 at 14:07:38 UTC, drug wrote:
> I use GC when developing an algorithm to solve my problem. 
> After I has implemented the algorithm I can redesign it to 
> avoid GC (if needed). It works pretty nice in my case at least. 
> Because initially I concentrate on my domain problem and then I 
> only deal with memory management. This separation is very 
> helpful.

Yes, if you select that strategy from the start.

But think for a moment how much easier it would be if the 
language had ownership pointers. I also believe that careful 
usage of ownership pointers in combination with precise scanning 
could lead to much less memory being scanned.

There are no language features in D that support GC-strategies. 
That's not a strength.

They can be remedied, but it takes willpower.