Ironically, the garbage collected languages lead
people to write even
sloppier code than they write in C++.
...and that's saying something!
They think that garbage
collection is a silver bullet that frees them from having to consider
the resource consequences of their implementation.
Yes. "I'm a MODERN programmer! We don't have to worry about stuff
like managing our own memory anymore!"
Morons.
Exactly. The "key phrase" that I encounter is "I don't want to have
to
think about...". If someone I'm interviewing says that, the interview
tends to end fairly quickly.