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Re:Facebook is using D in production starting today by arte2k on Friday October 11, 2013 @07:46AM (#6532490)
not as far as I know. while having garbage collection was an asset when java was created, currently with ubiquitous RAII usage in c++ it's just a hindrance.
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Re:Facebook is using D in production starting today by eco on Friday October 11, 2013 @01:05PM (#6534385)
The GC is optional in D (parts of the standard library use it so you'd have to avoid those). D uses RAII when it makes sense too.
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