Thanks for the info. It's pretty hard to get clear, updated info on these languages as they have yet to gain that much traction (and they tend not to be backed

Thanks for the info. It's pretty hard to get clear, updated info on these languages as they have yet to gain that much traction (and they tend not to be backed by big entities that have a PR budget). For anyone else who's evaluating D and looking into its GC situation, the most recent blog post on Dlang.org (https://dlang.org/blog/2017/03/20/dont-fear-the-reaper/ https://dlang.org/blog/2017/03/20/dont-fear-the-reaper/) seems to embrace the presence of the GC, but also ends by saying the next blog post will describe how to go without the GC. So there is indeed awareness/activity on that front!