Actually, the new G1 collector deals very well with latency-sensitive workflows. I'd say it's comparable to Go if you adjust your heap size to the working set.

Actually, the new G1 collector deals very well with latency-sensitive workflows. I'd say it's comparable to Go if you adjust your heap size to the working set. You can try running the benchmarks here - https://gitlab.com/gasche/gc-latency-experiment https://gitlab.com/gasche/gc-latency-experiment.