B-but...if you w-want to k-know...any language that uses garbage collection is not a replacement to c. The replacements to c are just a little higher level, or just a little lower, or are stuffed with additional features while remaining at the same level, or address every level there is by giving you a high level language that lets you cut down lower if you want to. If you can't express a variable's extent being directly tied to the duration of its scope when it is possible for the value to escape the scope, then it ain't a replacement to c.