Garbage Collection for Systems Programmers

[Carl Sturtivant]

On Saturday, 6 April 2024 at 17:08:55 UTC, Sergey wrote:
> On Saturday, 6 April 2024 at 16:59:14 UTC, Carl Sturtivant 
> wrote:
>> On Saturday, 6 April 2024 at 16:28:25 UTC, Sergey wrote:
>>> So what is the point then you wanted to discuss in this 
>>> thread?
>>
>> Finding strategic purpose via the future of GC.
>
> D doesn't have any strategy.

As discussed, it needs to get some.

On Saturday, 6 April 2024 at 00:29:04 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 06, 2024 at 12:06:04AM +0000, Adam Wilson via
>> This is the point I was trying to make. The strategic win for 
>> have a fantastic GC would be immense, and would far outweigh 
>> anything we could gain by continuing down the no-GC path.
>
> Totally.  If we could introduce write barriers that opens the 
> door to incremental generational GCs, that would be a HUGE step 
> in the long run. Maybe not so much in the short term, but guys, 
> it's been at least a decade. We gotta stop chasing decisions 
> that only benefit the short term. It's time to think about 
> long-term strategy.