3 ms·I should have said "not garbage collection" instead of manual memory management.by jacobush 7y agoI should have said "not garbage collection" instead of manual memory management.pjmlp 7y agoReference counting, regardless how it is implemented (language primitives or library), is a garbage collection algorithm.jacobush 7y agoThis is stretching definitions imho. Ref counting does not stop the world or kick in when you don’t expect it to.