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We're discussing ARC here, i.e. Automatic Reference Counting, which is a garbage collection algorithm. Retain/release would be manual memory management by refer
by jolux 6y ago
We're discussing ARC here, i.e. Automatic Reference Counting, which is a garbage collection algorithm. Retain/release would be manual memory management by reference counting, which is not being discussed.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoEven without ARC it's still garbage collection. The reference counts are kept for the purpose of managing garbage collection. That the programmer has to do some manual retain/release steps is beside the point, even if it does make the experience somewhat painful.