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zozbot234
6 months ago
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MacBook Neo
There is a secret easter egg: every time you say the magic incantation "You have to let it all go, Neo. Free your mind", macOS triggers every app to run a full GC cycle.
philistine
6 months ago
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Joke's on you; Swift has no garbage collector.
hu3
6 months ago
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It obvious does, with reference counting. Otherwise programs would just balloon in memory.
rafram
6 months ago
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ARC isn’t a garbage collector.
saagarjha
6 months ago
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It is if you're being pedantic.
coolius
6 months ago
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if more apps were written in native swift we wouldn't be having any memory issues
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