Then don't use the GC? Ignoring that a lot of C++ developers are practically incompetent and completely unable to separate their ideology from the actual requir

Then don't use the GC? Ignoring that a lot of C++ developers are practically incompetent and completely unable to separate their ideology from the actual requirements of their software (I note that not one single even anecdote has been mentioned regarding the GC in this thread), D gives you the tools to do that already. I work argue not as polished as C++, but that really doesn't matter if you set out to write a new project. Also, if you think existing D users are going to replace D with Go I don't know what to say to you. Go and Rust are literally punchlines without a need for a joke in discussions I've had with many senior people at these companies (Mostly Go). The reasons why people use D are so utterly detached from everything that has been discussed in this thread that I don't know what to say to you. Go is a bad programming language, pure and simple, good ecosystem, awful language.