This is true of GC in all languages. Many a time I've seen people shrug off issues as "GC will handle it" in C# projects. Usually accompanied with the sound of

This is true of GC in all languages. Many a time I've seen people shrug off issues as "GC will handle it" in C# projects. Usually accompanied with the sound of many a developer crying whilst trying to work out what has gone wrong in production when 256Gb of RAM across several nodes disappears instantly. Memory ballooning, long GC pauses, reference leaks, swapping, VM over commitment are all waiting to hang you.