gjajric2

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   by gjajric2 9mo ago

   But freestanding is not experimental, unlike Embedded Swift according to Apple. And there are full, large OS kernels written in C and C++. You continue being undeniably, completely wrong.
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   by gjajric2 9mo ago

   But at least a lot of tasks in a kernel would require something else than reference counting, unless it can be guaranteed that the reference counting is optimized away or something, right?
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   by gjajric2 9mo ago

   Even kernel development? Do you know of kernels where reference counting is the norm? Please do mention examples.
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   by gjajric2 9mo ago

   The practical reality is arguably more important than beliefs. Apple has, as it turns out, invested in trying to make Swift more suitable for kernel and similar development, like trying to automate away reference counting when possible, and