cross post hn: (Rust) _ _ without GC

[Kapps via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 22 December 2014 at 22:02:46 UTC, ketmar via 
Digitalmars-d wrote:
>
> oh, how much usefullness there would be if D core suspended all 
> other
> activities and maked GC on par with "industrial strength" GCs!
>
> i'm trying to tell you that i LOVE GC. and i can't share the 
> (growing?)
> attitute that GC is a poor stepson. what we really need is a 
> better GC,
> not "no GC".

The GC is good for 90% of programs. It's not good for some 
programs (games in particular are a common use case). Though even 
in games it's fine in some situations, such as during loading. D 
needs to support these cases.