I understand. I think you are right that it wouldn't make things more hard, I misunderstood that as implying that people wouldn't make memory mistakes under tho

I understand. I think you are right that it wouldn't make things more hard, I misunderstood that as implying that people wouldn't make memory mistakes under those conditions. So I was writing that one would require a GC to eliminate those kinds of mistakes. I agree with you, reference counting is not something that would confuse an experienced programmer, but you do have to be aware of what's happening with your objects.