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[–] TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I guess that's my point. The article criticizes reference counting as if it's strictly worse, but it's not so simple. Even with a GC funny things can happen so it's worth understanding the memory model of the language.