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Nit: Rust's `Arc<T>` type doesn't stand for Automatic Reference Counting, it's Atomic Reference Counting as the simpler `Rc<T>` can't be `Send` to other threads
by lifthrasiir 4y ago
Nit: Rust's `Arc<T>` type doesn't stand for Automatic Reference Counting, it's Atomic Reference Counting as the simpler `Rc<T>` can't be `Send` to other threads.
- richard_todd 4y agoThe reference to ARC in the article is broader than just the one Rust type Arc<T> (the footnote even mentions python, c++ and swift). In many contexts ARC does indeed stand for Automatic Reference Counting.