On Tuesday, 2 January 2018 at 16:34:25 UTC, Ali wrote:
"Overall it could be said that D has the downsides of GC but doesn't enjoy its benefits."
Not a true statement. Go does not have long pauses, but it has slightly slower code and a penalty for interfacing with C. Go also has finalization with dependencies, so that they execute in the right order…
The downsides/upsides of GC isn't something fixed for all designs.
This post on Quora, makes it fully clear to me that the makers of D are fully aware of D's position
Not sure how you reached that conclusion.
