Absolutely agreed :) That's why there are arena allocators for programs for which allocation performance is particularly sensitive (and have other nice propert

Absolutely agreed :) That's why there are arena allocators for programs for which allocation performance is particularly sensitive (and have other nice properties). Not having a mandatory garbage collector frees you up to try other approaches where they make sense. Nobody in this thread is disputing (I think?) that for many problems garbage collection is a good choice, because it clearly is, only that the one-size-fits-all nature of GC is appropriate in all situations.