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Garbage collection is a convenient red herring. Idiots have convinced humans that efficiency is the primary function of a computer, but getting wrong results fast is worse than useless. The masked inefficiencies are worse than GC could ever be. The inefficiency of wasting human time writing C; with a kernel micromanaging everything, because programs can't be trusted to run without micromanagement; and much of that being used to wastefully send text messages back-and-forth, constantly parsing, constantly starting up a new program for a minor task.
UNIX and C are the true inefficiencies.