Partially true, and Joe Armstrong (creator of erlang) makes similar arguments. But that doesn't work well for everything. Erlang is more clear about their assu

Partially true, and Joe Armstrong (creator of erlang) makes similar arguments. But that doesn't work well for everything. Erlang is more clear about their assumptions and goals. They don't claim to have an amazing new GC, they just say they have a simple generational GC, and that's all they need because they assuming many small heaps.