...and I don't understand why some people have downvoted my question. Anyway, I'll continue reading the docs :)
Anyway, the docs are not that great, so Mike Parker has started a blog post series about the GC.[1] If you have questions, drop them in the d.learn forum.[2] They're pretty friendly (most of the time).
[1] http://dlang.org/blog/2017/03/20/dont-fear-the-reaper/ [2] https://forum.dlang.org/group/learn
...and I don't understand why some people have downvoted my question. Anyway, I'll continue reading the docs :)