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Re:Nim 1.4 by MaxBarraclough on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:48AM (#24801318)
Does ORC stand for something?
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Re:Nim 1.4 by cb321 on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:53AM (#24801370)
I could be wrong, but I believe the acronyms are: ARC = Automatic Reference Counting (NOTE: not Atomic) ORC = Optimized Reference Counting

The loopy/circular character of the letter 'O' may be a secondary mnemonic since it collects cycles.

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Re:Nim 1.4 by cb321 on Saturday October 17, 2020 @06:03AM (#24808907)
I meant "character" as in "nature" not as in the prog.lang "character type"..I just realized that in context this might be confusing. Lol.
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