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0 pointshypeatei7mo ago0 comments

Swift uses Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) which is a form of garbage collection.

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kaoD7mo ago

Now I'm curious, how does it GC cycles, if at all?

EDIT: from a brief search: it doesn't.

kaoD7mo ago

Not sure why you're downvoted, RC is definitely a form of GC even if not a tracing GC.

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