> Only later finding out that the "magic" of retain/release is just a count that is incremented and decremented.
Pretty sure most devs know that's what reference counting ultimately boils down to (it's right in the name after all), but many papers over the decades testify to the fact that maintaining that counter in a way that's both fast and reliable turns out to be surprisingly tricky.
Pretty sure most devs know that's what reference counting ultimately boils down to (it's right in the name after all), but many papers over the decades testify to the fact that maintaining that counter in a way that's both fast and reliable turns out to be surprisingly tricky.