How is it possible to use refcounting for GC while also correctly handling cyclic references? EDIT: Objective-C doesn't solve the problem at all. (More preci

How is it possible to use refcounting for GC while also correctly handling cyclic references? EDIT: Objective-C doesn't solve the problem at all. (More precisely, it requires manual intervention by the programmer.) See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6260256/what-kind-of-leaks-does-automatic-reference-counting-in-objective-c-not-prevent/6388601#6388601 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6260256/what-kind-of-leak... From the article: "This occurs when one object has a strong pointer to another, but the target object has a strong pointer back to the original." Some backrground info on Objective-C's memory management: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7874342/what-is-the-difference-between-objective-c-automatic-reference-counting-and-garb/7894809#7894809 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7874342/what-is-the-diffe... It's an interesting approach to insert release calls at compile time. Maybe it's worth not solving the cyclic reference problem in exchange for determinism. Thank you for pointing that out.