Idea #1 on integrating RC with GC

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad" <ola.fosheim.grostad+dlang at gmail.com>]

On Thursday, 6 February 2014 at 13:03:43 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> You would be amazed how many times I have written FFI code that 
> decrypts source code on load.

You can probably create a decent decompiler for D-code given the 
reliance on GC/stack frames etc, so I am not sure if that is a 
rational point (perhaps a political one).

Let me put it this way then: If havoc is available as a poorly 
adapted blob it will discourage development of a native idiomatic 
open source D physics engine, because it pays off more to spend 
time working around blob-related issues and get stellar 
performance. With no physics engine you will have something 
primitive in D instead, but the moment it is good enough for 
creating simple apps people that are interested will improve on 
that rather than working around Havoc issues. So, slower start, 
but better for the eco system in the long term.