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by bsaul 4402 days ago
It "automatically" works until it doesn't. Pointer semantic is the first thing i've looked, and unsurprisingly, they still have the "weak / strong" pointer semantic.

You can still point to nil pointers and crash the program because of it, and you can still have retain cycles which creates memory leaks.

That language really looks more of trying to make good compromise rather than create a revolution or a breakthrough. In a way, that feels like a much safer choice.