Go, D, and the GC

[Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 4 October 2015 at 21:41:00 UTC, rsw0x wrote:
> If D has no intentions of aiding the GC, then the GC should 
> just be dropped because it's basically just slapping Boehm on 
> C++ right now.

I don't understand this attitude at all (and you're not the only 
one to voice it lately). D has a ton to offer and so little of it 
has anything to do with the GC. The delegate/lambda/closure 
situation is generally saner thanks to the GC (at least as far as 
safety goes), and arrays have some fantastic features thanks to 
the GC, but D has _way_ more to offer than that, and most of it 
has nothing to do with the GC. D's templates alone blow C++ 
totally out of the water. C++ is a great language, and I love it. 
But at this point, I only use it when I have to. D is just _so_ 
much more pleasant to program in that I have no interest in 
programming in C++ anymore. It's been years since I've done any 
kind of pet project in C++.

- Jonathan M Davis