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		hypeatei 36 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hard Rust requirements from May onward Swift uses Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) which is a form of garbage collection.

kaoD 36 days ago | [–]

Now I'm curious, how does it GC cycles, if at all?

EDIT: from a brief search: it doesn't.

kaoD 35 days ago | [–]

Not sure why you're downvoted, RC is definitely a form of GC even if not a tracing GC.

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