Lua is used in games often. It does have GC, with an incremental non-compacting generational GC. If you do get pauses then there are various methods of forcing

Lua is used in games often. It does have GC, with an incremental non-compacting generational GC. If you do get pauses then there are various methods of forcing GC on a regular basis, or just generating less garbage. It works well in practice.