Swift does away with pointers == pervasive ARC

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d]

On 16/06/14 17:16, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> What say you to that, Walter?
>
> Apple have committed to pervasive ARC, which you consistently argue is
> not feasible...
> Have I missed something, or is this a demonstration that it is
> actually practical?

I think Swift is only intended for high level application development. 
It doesn't feel like a true systems or general purpose language.

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/Jacob Carlborg