Garbage Collection in C++ — why?

Question

I keep hearing people complaining that C++ doesn\'t have garbage collection. I also hear that the C++ Standards Committee is looking at adding it to the language. I\'m afrai

Answer 1

The short answer is that garbage collection is very similar in principle to RAII with smart pointers. If every piece of memory you ever allocate lies within an object, and that object is only referred to by smart pointers, you have something close to garbage collection (potentially better). The advantage comes from not having to be so judicious about scoping and smart-pointering every object, and letting the runtime do the work for you.

This question seems analogous to "what does C++ have to offer the experienced assembly developer? instructions and subroutines eliminate the need for it, right?"