GC is an abstraction which, although complex in implementation, is something which makes your program simpler. So the correlation has less to do with how our tools are implemented, but the properties of the tools as we interact with them.
Also, simplicity, like security, is a trade-off. When performance is paramount, people will reach for C or assembly, and rightly so. Conversely if performance is not the #1 priority, developers feel free to use higher-level languages like Java or Ruby.
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GC is an abstraction which, although complex in implementation, is something which makes your program simpler. So the correlation has less to do with how our tools are implemented, but the properties of the tools as we interact with them.
Also, simplicity, like security, is a trade-off. When performance is paramount, people will reach for C or assembly, and rightly so. Conversely if performance is not the #1 priority, developers feel free to use higher-level languages like Java or Ruby.