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		pohl on May 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust for C++ programmers – part 5: borrowed refere... Would Objective-C's ARC (where the compiler inserts retain/release calls automatically where needed) be such an example?

pcwalton on May 7, 2014 [–]

No, reference counting is just a form of GC. Rust really is unique here among industry languages.

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