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Re:Ask HN: Rust or Swift for system programming? by winstonewert on Tuesday July 05, 2016 @03:25PM (#12038868)
Sure there are significant differences between Rust and Swift.

But characterizing that as Swift = GC, Rust = No GC, as I was originally objecting to is a pretty terrible way of describing it.

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Re:Ask HN: Rust or Swift for system programming? by Manishearth on Wednesday July 06, 2016 @05:04AM (#12041990)
Right, but the significant difference does lie in the memory management thing. GC/No GC is (a) correct, according to the academic definition, and (b) a decent approximation to the difference.
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