I agree with the sentiment, but does Swift actually see any usage outside of Apple’s own hardware? I think Swift’s reliance on such an optimization is justified since the hardware this optimization is applied to is the main target.
While Swift’s approach may be slower in theory, is it actually slower in practice? Just a thought.
Hardly, but having to design hardware to fix ARC performance, proves the point how much "better" it is.
Depends how much one cares about performance beyond iOS GUI apps, specially when Swift's original goal was to become the main language across the whole Apple stack.
While Swift’s approach may be slower in theory, is it actually slower in practice? Just a thought.