I agree. @camgunz' post is very naive. I never use a tool unless I understand it, and having read up on various GCs, conservative GCs are not something I could

I agree. @camgunz' post is very naive. I never use a tool unless I understand it, and having read up on various GCs, conservative GCs are not something I could ever trust in production. False pointers cause leaks, and if the pointer graph is highly interconnected as happens with functional programs, then boom. In non-FP programs there's less risk but it's just not worth it I feel.