Comment on Why I want Swift to be your first languageparentComments−oddevan11yExcept for the part where he specifically mentioned Swift's ARC as something to expose Intro students to vs. Python's garbage collection?−zxcvcxz11yIsn't ARC almost exclusive to "Apple languages"? It seems like GC is much more relevant.−AlexeyBrin11yNot necessarily, C++11 has smart pointers which have reference counting.
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Except for the part where he specifically mentioned Swift's ARC as something to expose Intro students to vs. Python's garbage collection?
Isn't ARC almost exclusive to "Apple languages"? It seems like GC is much more relevant.
Not necessarily, C++11 has smart pointers which have reference counting.