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Re:Writing my own init with Go by pcwalton on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @12:43PM (#11067101)
Garbage collection isn't a must for a modern init.

Memory safety may arguably be, but I see no reasonable argument that garbage collection (a particular strategy for memory management) is.

Re:Writing my own init with Go by CSDude on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @04:12PM (#11068806)
Well I would say memory safety, not necessarily garbage collection. It was also a bit overstatement but I would really love memory safety for many core utilities.