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Memory Management in Swift: ARC and Weak References

As iOS developers, we spend a lot of time crafting beautiful UIs and writing robust logic. But behind the scenes, there's a crucial aspect of app performance and stability that often goes unnoticed until things start to go wrong: memory management. In Swift, Apple provides a sophisticated system called Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) to handle memory for us. While ARC generally "just works," understanding its principles is vital for preventing memory leaks and building high-performance applications.

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