I'm not confused as to how ARC works. Reference counting systems require a high level of bookkeeping for short lived objects as compared to GC systems. Dealing

I'm not confused as to how ARC works. Reference counting systems require a high level of bookkeeping for short lived objects as compared to GC systems. Dealing with cycles is not complex, but it is error prone, verbose, and difficult in aggregate as compared to having cycles correctly and automatically handled.