Maybe D is right about GC after all !

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Thursday, 4 January 2018 at 10:49:49 UTC, Dgame wrote:
> On Thursday, 4 January 2018 at 10:40:33 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
> Grøstad wrote:
>> However, Rust won't fare well in a head-to-head comparison 
>> either, because of the issues with back-pointers.
>
> Could you explain this?

You often want back-pointers for performance reasons, but Rust 
default pointer model isn't as accepting to cycles. So you either 
have to change your design or loose the benefits that the 
compiler provides, at which point C++ is more convenient, but it 
depends on what you try to do.