Naïve reference counting is deterministic, but it may also do an arbitrary amount of work on a deallocation because it reclaims objects eagerly. Deferred/increm

Naïve reference counting is deterministic, but it may also do an arbitrary amount of work on a deallocation because it reclaims objects eagerly. Deferred/incremental reference counting is much more suitable for, say, games, which is what it sounds like you’re thinking of.