Tasks, actors and garbage collection

[12345swordy]

On Tuesday, 20 April 2021 at 16:28:46 UTC, russhy wrote:
> GC is not the right model if you don't have the same ressources 
> as Microsoft / Google / Oracle to invest massively on GC R&D, 
> there is no way D can comepte with the latest Java's sub 1ms 
> GC, no way
>
> IMHO, Apple made the right decision to go with a RC with Swift, 
> like they did with Obj-C
>
> D's future is with memory ownership / reference counting
>
> The more we stick to the GC, the more we'll have to play 
> catchup with the competition
>
> Even GO's GC is starting to become a negative amongst certain 
> users 
> https://blog.discord.com/why-discord-is-switching-from-go-to-rust-a190bbca2b1f
>
>
> We need to transition to RC instead of GC, the sooner, the 
> better
>
> I know people like the GC, i do too, but in its current state 
> it is absolute garbage when you compare to the competition
>
> Again, the more we fill the STD library with GC code, the 
> faster we'll get shadowed by the competition

U can take the gc away from me from my dead cold hands.

-Alex