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Kotlin Native ships with an ARC. But depending on the application ARC can be a disadvantage since it can't automatically handle reference cycles like Kotlin on

by guelo 9y ago

Kotlin Native ships with an ARC. But depending on the application ARC can be a disadvantage since it can't automatically handle reference cycles like Kotlin on the JVM can.

kbd 9y ago
> [Kotlin Native] features automatic reference counting with a cycle collector on top, but what the final memory management solution(s) will look like is unknown at this point. https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2017/04/kotlinnative-tech-preview-kotlin-without-a-vm/ https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2017/04/kotlinnative-tech-...
- masklinn 9y ago
  So it's not ARC (in the Swift sense), it's just RC + cycle breaker.
  - mikeash 9y ago
    What do you mean by "just"? ARC is just RC done by the compiler. Kotlin Native is ARC + cycle collector.
throwaway7645 9y ago
Is the Native AOT compiled, or just a different byte code VM? I assume the latter?
- kybernetikos 9y ago
  The Kotlin/Native compiler produces standalone executables that can run without any virtual machine. > https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2017/04/kotlinnative-tech-preview-kotlin-without-a-vm/ https://blog.jetbrains.com/kotlin/2017/04/kotlinnative-tech-...
  - throwaway7645 9y ago
    Nice...if only a good REPL, I could finally leave Python.