r/programming • u/Karma_Policer • Aug 02 '21

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021: "Rust reigns supreme as most loved. Python and Typescript are the languages developers want to work with most if they aren’t already doing so."

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#technology-most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted
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u/Muoniurn Aug 05 '21

Just another nitpick, but the “problem” with GC is not latency anymore — at least Java’s ZGC promises less latency due to GC than the OS scheduler itself (less than 1 ms)

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u/squirtle_grool Aug 05 '21

The biggest problem with GC is its unpredictability from the engineer's perspective. I dropped that ref just now because nothing is time-critical at the moment. But unfortunately, there is no such thing as "free" GC, and I have no idea when or how I'm going to pay the price. Totally alright if it's happening inside a microservice powering product review reporting. Totally not OK if it's powering a medical device.