> As long as they can run the GC when they want and can layout the objects flat without needing pointer indirection it would be very suitable.
To be clear, the problem isn’t pointer indirection, but rather lots of objects on the heap, right? Pointers should be fine as long as there aren’t many allocations (e.g., pointers into an arena)?
> I think C# is popular because it allows the above. When Java has proper value types it might be suitable for writing games.
Go also has value types, FWIW, and they are a lot more idiomatic than in C# from what I’ve observed.
To be clear, the problem isn’t pointer indirection, but rather lots of objects on the heap, right? Pointers should be fine as long as there aren’t many allocations (e.g., pointers into an arena)?
> I think C# is popular because it allows the above. When Java has proper value types it might be suitable for writing games.
Go also has value types, FWIW, and they are a lot more idiomatic than in C# from what I’ve observed.