Nice! C# is also a secret systems programming language in a way that competing GC-based languages are not. It’s actually very nice for high load environments. With the caveat that, much like in Rust, you have to actively vet your dependencies and sometimes write your own optimal implementations, which C# enables incredibly well with precise control over memory management, first-class structs, zero-cost abstractions, SIMD and a compiler that is slowly closing the gap with LLVM.
Agree. We're using C# in the backend for an MMO, and while I would still like _more_ control over the memory management, there's a ton of options for dropping down to a low level and avoiding the GC.
Stuff like ReadOnlySpan and IMemoryOwner are awesome to have as built-in language concepts.
