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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by pkulak on Monday May 22, 2023 @02:34AM (#36028153)
Ref-counting GC is pretty slow. It’s great for avoiding stop-the-world pauses, which can be really important for UI stuff like what Swift is used for, but you won’t win any throughput awards.
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Re:Apple is rewriting Foundation in Swift by scns on Monday May 22, 2023 @03:36AM (#36028470)
So well engineered for its use case. Was Go optimized for throughput?
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