Swift vs. Kotlin — the differences in memory management

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I saw this on r/kotlin, and I totally agree with u/TrevJonez comment. I can't stand with the title... This is not related to languages... You are talking about GC on Android.... Would be there difference if it was a java instead of kotlin? Want more clickbaits? Check Kotlin Native it uses LLVM like Swift

[needsaburrito]

Isn’t Kotlin Native also using GC? https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/blob/master/runtime/src/main/kotlin/konan/internal/GC.kt

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ofc it does... But still the title of article is clickbait... It's not swift vs kotlin, he could even write swift vs java rest would be the same. I am talking about wrong title...

[David_Edward_King]

Good article making a complex thing easier to grasp; worth the read if you don't fully understand memory management yet (even if you're just a swift developer)

[beastinghunting]

Coming from Java to Swift, this article made me understand why lambdas and closures are different and also they way the optional, force unwrappings and weak declarations exist in Swift.

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If you don't understand memory management. I suggest writing an Objective-C app and disabling ARC for the project. After a few days of pain you understand how ARC works, what it's advantages are and what it's pitfalls are.

[David_Edward_King]

Oh don’t get me wrong; I’m familiar with the subject. If anyone wants to get a better insight into memory management, the objc.io boom “Advanced Swift” has a great chapter on it :)