This is the first in a series of posts introducing D's garbage collection and how it interacts with user code. This one is a basic introduction.

Blog:
https://dlang.org/blog/2017/03/20/dont-fear-the-reaper/

Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/60gnx0/dont_fear_the_reaper_a_gentle_introduction_the_d/

On Monday, 20 March 2017 at 14:07:35 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> This is the first in a series of posts introducing D's garbage collection and how it interacts with user code. This one is a basic introduction.
>
> Blog:
> https://dlang.org/blog/2017/03/20/dont-fear-the-reaper/
>
> Reddit:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/60gnx0/dont_fear_the_reaper_a_gentle_introduction_the_d/

Great first post in the series. I look forward to more.

On Monday, 20 March 2017 at 14:07:35 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> This is the first in a series of posts introducing D's garbage collection and how it interacts with user code. This one is a basic introduction.
>
> Blog:
> https://dlang.org/blog/2017/03/20/dont-fear-the-reaper/
>
> Reddit:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/60gnx0/dont_fear_the_reaper_a_gentle_introduction_the_d/

This post is also on the HN frontpage.

On Monday, 20 March 2017 at 14:07:35 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> This is the first in a series of posts introducing D's garbage collection and how it interacts with user code. This one is a basic introduction.
>
> Blog:
> https://dlang.org/blog/2017/03/20/dont-fear-the-reaper/
>
> Reddit:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/60gnx0/dont_fear_the_reaper_a_gentle_introduction_the_d/

We write a ptt, about GC and D memory management。
But  it is Chinese.
http://www.dushibaiyu.com/2017/03/gcandd.html
http://7d9p6d.com1.z0.glb.clouddn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gcAndDlang.pdf

On Monday, 20 March 2017 at 14:07:35 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> This is the first in a series of posts introducing D's garbage collection and how it interacts with user code. This one is a basic introduction.

Great post, and the title is gold. Looking forward to the next installments so I learn new things myself, and of course a good reference in this "GC is bad" debate.

On Monday, 20 March 2017 at 14:07:35 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> This is the first in a series of posts introducing D's garbage collection and how it interacts with user code. This one is a basic introduction.
>
> Blog:
> https://dlang.org/blog/2017/03/20/dont-fear-the-reaper/
>
> Reddit:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/60gnx0/dont_fear_the_reaper_a_gentle_introduction_the_d/

Whenever the GC comes up, I wonder about the "conservative" part. As far as I know there were attempts to make the GC "precise". What is the current status about that? If it is the subject of a future part of the series, I can wait. ;)

On 2017-03-20 17:31, Dsby wrote:
> On Monday, 20 March 2017 at 14:07:35 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>> This is the first in a series of posts introducing D's garbage
>> collection and how it interacts with user code. This one is a basic
>> introduction.
>>
>> Blog:
>> https://dlang.org/blog/2017/03/20/dont-fear-the-reaper/
>>
>> Reddit:
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/60gnx0/dont_fear_the_reaper_a_gentle_introduction_the_d/
>>
>
> We write a ptt, about GC and D memory management。
> But  it is Chinese.
> http://www.dushibaiyu.com/2017/03/gcandd.html
> http://7d9p6d.com1.z0.glb.clouddn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gcAndDlang.pdf
>

Wish I could read it.. looks interesting ;)

On Monday, 20 March 2017 at 21:12:08 UTC, qznc wrote:
>
> Whenever the GC comes up, I wonder about the "conservative" part. As far as I know there were attempts to make the GC "precise". What is the current status about that? If it is the subject of a future part of the series, I can wait. ;)

I would love to have a post on that in the future, but someone else will have to write it. It's beyond my ken. The last I heard about the precise GC was in a recent post here from Jeremy DeHaan [1].

BTW, if anyone has anything they'd like to contribute to the GC series, I'm more than willing to discuss it.

[1] http://forum.dlang.org/post/tlrmxljghxcvxbyrqbup@forum.dlang.org