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		surajrmal on Nov 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why asynchronous Rust doesn't work If you don't consider Swift style Automatic Reference Counting a GC, then there is another option.

skohan on Nov 15, 2021 | [–]

The problem with ARC in swift is that it’s always atomic. This is fast enough on ARM, but on x86 it’s really slow

pcwalton on Nov 13, 2021 | [–]

That's a form of garbage collection. :)

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