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Python for smaller self-contained projects and scripting.

Erlang/Elixir for larger projects where fault tolerance or concurrency is needed.

C/C++ where GC is a no-go (games, low latency, time critical data processing).

Next up in the pipeline to learn and use: Rust

> games

Ever played something like e.g. Bastion?

I mean if you are developing the new Unreal Engine - sure. But otherwise gaming industry would benefit from more of maintainable code.

For context, Bastion was written in C#.

Here's what the lead developer said on the topic of GC:

This is more appropriate

It's simple: when looping either make stuff quick to collect or make it never collect.