Yeah, it's probably a bit unfair given that GC research itself is just Java. Also, there might be some philosophical difference at play here, Java (the JVM) te

Yeah, it's probably a bit unfair given that GC research itself is just Java. Also, there might be some philosophical difference at play here, Java (the JVM) tends to expose only a very limited API (no structs, pointers, etc), but this allows more flexibility on the runtime part, while .NET let's the developer touch/control everything, but that might means less room for doing some advanced stuff on the runtime side. The age-old generic-specific balance. (Also, I like this playful competition between languages, much better than pointless flamewars :D)