4 ms·Swift uses Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) which is a form of garbage collection.by hypeatei 1y agoSwift uses Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) which is a form of garbage collection.kaoD 1y agoNow I'm curious, how does it GC cycles, if at all? EDIT: from a brief search: it doesn't.kaoD 1y agoNot sure why you're downvoted, RC is definitely a form of GC even if not a tracing GC.