Swift does away with pointers == pervasive ARC

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 6/17/2014 4:59 AM, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> What other position can I take on this issue?

Instead of taking positions, you can do some research. Understand how shared_ptr 
works and what it costs, for starters. Try out Rust/Swift, disassemble the code, 
and try to understand the tradeoffs those languages make.