Only for some code it's not apples to apples. For most code GC is not a big deal and the languages just offer different tradeoffs. Perl, for example, has XS for

Only for some code it's not apples to apples. For most code GC is not a big deal and the languages just offer different tradeoffs. Perl, for example, has XS for performance critical code, which is essentially C or C++. But the ecosystem is big enough that you don't necessarily need to write any C code yourself. And all of this is not even relevant to usability issues he tries to discuss.