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Garbage collection is a recent feature in Objective-C and, while this is a huge step in the right direction, it’s not universally available. The alternative is traditional Objective-C managed memory, wherein your code takes responsibility for destroying objects.

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(2009). Memory Management. In: Learn Objective-C for Java Developers. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-2370-2_24

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