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Re:The reference D compiler is now open source by greenhouse_gas on Friday April 07, 2017 @06:35PM (#14064007)
Also, does the Go standard "require" a mark+sweep?

If you write an implementation which uses Reference Counting, it can be "deterministic" and won't require a runtime.

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Re:The reference D compiler is now open source by openasocket on Friday April 07, 2017 @06:52PM (#14064066)
Sure, but then you'll leak data every time there's cycles in your data structures.
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