> Reference counting is a type of GC [0]. Just not a very good one in many cases...

astrange on Sept 9, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Maybe Rust isn’t a good tool for massively concurr...

> Reference counting is a type of GC [0]. Just not a very good one in many cases.

…on a server where you can have a ton of RAM. It's superior on client machines because it's friendlier to swapped out memory, which is why Swift doesn't have a GC.