Andrei's list of barriers to D adoption

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 6/6/16 5:41 PM, Joseph Cassman wrote:
> On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 02:20:52 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Andrei posted this on another thread. I felt it deserved its own
>> thread. It's very important.
>> [...]
>> * The garbage collector eliminates probably 60% of potential users
>> right off.
>
> Curious of the progress/plan for RC. From the autodecode thread sounds
> like RC-string is still in the works. How's that effort coming along?

Progress is slow but steady.

> I
> am guessing it may be guiding the implementation of an RC design for D.
> If you and Andrei have a working design perhaps it could be shared (no
> pressure, just curious since it is a tough problem to solve). Perhaps
> sharing a plan on this front could dispel some of the negativity
> attached to the GC?

We will share things as soon as we have something worth sharing.


Andrei