Why garbage collection when RAII is available?

Question

I hear talks of C++14 introducing a garbage collector in the C++ standard library itself. What is the rationale behind this feature? Isn\'t this the reason that RAII exists in

Answer 1

I agree with @DeadMG that there is no GC in current C++ standard but I would like to add the following citation from B. Stroustrup:

When (not if) automatic garbage collection becomes part of C++, it will be optional

So Bjarne is sure that it will be added in future. At least the chairman of the EWG (Evolution Working Group) and one of the most important committee members (and more importantly language creator) wants to add it.

Unless he changed his opinion we can expect it to be added and implemented in the future.