> If you use a garbage collector, you don't have to do manual memory management Also easy higher-order functions. Plus it can be more performant in some cases.

> If you use a garbage collector, you don't have to do manual memory management Also easy higher-order functions. Plus it can be more performant in some cases. > I will happily shelve a few more bucks for RAM and wait a few more seconds I have 64GB on my desktop (happily!) but waiting is a bit of a pain! And it's often for silly reasons.