How does Swift handle memory management compared to other programming languages?
The question is about Swift
Swift handles memory with the Automatic Reference Counting system, keeping track of the objects and then de-allocating the memory for better usage. In other languages like C++, programmers have to manually handle the allocation and deallocation of memory, whereas ARC does most of the internal work, saving users from extra effort. This is similar to manual memory management with Objective-C but is much more effective since Swift’s ARC works both for functions and closures. Comparing ARC with garbage-collected languages, such as Java, it operates continuously rather than periodically, reducing spikes of poor performance. The ARC of Swift strikes a perfect balance between being automatic and avoiding the overhead of garbage collection for efficiency in performance and ease for developers.
