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> But... "average garbage-collected language using a virtual machine" doesn't describe any of C/C++, Dart, Go, Java, Python, or Rust. I'm curious; what would be an example of something you would describe as an "average garbage collected language using a virtual machine"? Java would certainly be the first language I'd think of for that description.
> I'm curious; what would be an example of something you would describe as an "average garbage collected language using a virtual machine"? Ruby 1.8, Lua, or CPython.
Python was included in the list of things considered not to be in this category; I probably agree with you on that one, but the idea behind my question was that the languages listed as not "average garbage-collected language using a virtual machine" included several that I'd include in that category.
What do you think makes Ruby and Lua more "average" than Java?