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by ilaksh 4033 days ago
The idea that you can't get something good without a trade-off involving something bad is a false belief, an over-generalization that is very popular among people from all walks of life, including, unfortunately, technologists. Trade-offs do exist, but even a sword in fact has many more than two aspects.
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OK, but we know precisely what the downsides of GC are (for some applications).