Why is it such a common solution for memory allocation errors? We’ll start with the perils of memory management in languages like C and C++, which do not use garbage collection.

"NSA advises organizations to consider making a strategic shift from programming languages that provide little or no inherent memory protection, such as C/C++, to a memory safe language when possible.

Choosing a particular GC algorithm usually is not a programmer's task, as the memory management system is imposed by the adopted programming language. An exception to this rule is the ...