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Unless one is writting device drivers, kernel modules, signal processing algorithms or anything else that needs to fit in 16ms, there is hardly any reason to use C or C++.

Languages like Object Pascal, Modula-2 and Ada that don't use garbage collection and many that do, like Modula-3 provide much more control about value types and GC behavior than what Java and C# are known for.

Finally many of the garbage collection jitter issues are caused by developers clueless about writing GC friendly algorithms or simply how to use a profiler.