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Re:Nim v2.0 Released by msk-lywenn on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @11:47AM (#36957596)
I've been searching and can't find it: A in ARC is for automatic, what does the O stand for?
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Re:Nim v2.0 Released by lambertsimnel on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:05PM (#36957888)
I assumed the O stands for "optimised", but apparently it stands for "cycle":

https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/12/08/introducing-orc.html

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Re:Nim v2.0 Released by dinHeld on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @12:07PM (#36957913)
O is a visual pun because it adds a cycle collector to ARC.
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