As far as using GC-like features from C goes, one benefit is that it isn't all or nothing. If you use Java, you basically need to have everything be GC'd. If yo

As far as using GC-like features from C goes, one benefit is that it isn't all or nothing. If you use Java, you basically need to have everything be GC'd. If you use C (or something similar like C++ or D), you can pick and choose from the most appropriate memory management techniques for different parts of your code.