I think there's more to the tension than GC. GC is the red herring that everyone jumps to when it comes to such comparisons, but I think there are many more iss

I think there's more to the tension than GC. GC is the red herring that everyone jumps to when it comes to such comparisons, but I think there are many more issues that could cause tensions. For example OOP features, inheritance, properties, that kind of things. For system programmer oriented folks these features are usually considered bloat, more high-level/application programmers consider them very valuable features. For me currently D provides a good level of balance between those worlds, but the aforementioned GC isn't an issue for me at all so I have it easy.