Swift does away with pointers == pervasive ARC

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 16 June 2014 at 15:16:44 UTC, 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?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24101718/swift-performance-sorting-arrays

Does it answer the question ?