Michael Tsai on Twitter: "@mmunz @petermaurer I don’t see ARC as freeing up the mind because having a mix of ARC and non-ARC files adds confusion."

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Peter Maurer ‏@petermaurer Sep 20

TIL that Icon Composer uses Garbage Collection and thus can't run on Sierra. Dammit, I was still using that, mostly for quick scaling.
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Peter Maurer ‏@petermaurer Sep 20

Version 1.4.1 does run on Sierra (whereas 1.4: PPC only, and 2.0: GC). But it only goes up to 128x128 icons, and scaling doesn't work.
Peter Maurer ‏@petermaurer Sep 20

If anybody wonders why I'm still hesitant about ARC, this is why. (See also: pref panes, where GC was first mandatory, and then illegal.)
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Michael Tsai ‏@mjtsai Sep 20

@petermaurer And Automator actions. Broke compatibility there since the same file can’t be both at once. :(
Mark Munz ‏@mmunz Sep 20

@mjtsai @petermaurer Apple essentially went back to manual retain/release runtime* and got “GC” via smarter compiler. *mostly
Mark Munz ‏@mmunz Sep 20

@mjtsai @petermaurer FTR it took quite a while before I jumped on the ARC-train as well.
Michael Tsai ‏@mjtsai Sep 20

@mmunz @petermaurer I have yet to do so. If one has working, tested MRR code, and Swift is the future, ARC Obj-C doesn’t seem worth it.
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Mark Munz ‏@mmunz Sep 20

@mjtsai @petermaurer but if you’re updating that code, it frees up your mind from a menial task to focus on more important aspects of code.

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@mmunz @petermaurer I don’t see ARC as freeing up the mind because having a mix of ARC and non-ARC files adds confusion.

7:35 AM - 20 Sep 2016

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