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by Terry_B 5247 days ago
I suspect that the recent addition of automatic referencing counting will help a LOT for iOS apps.
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I wouldn't hold my breath. For the most part, if a developer can't be bothered to clean up their memory manually then they probably can't be bothered to use ARC properly. It's not trivial: http://longweekendmobile.com/2011/09/07/objc-automatic-refer...