On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Jens Alfke <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Aug 13, 2015, at 11:27 PM, Appa Rao Mulpuri <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Thanks for the priority order. In GDC Vs ARC, GCD is the first one to opt > > unless if you are app has more memory leaks. Correct me If I am wrong. > > ARC will simplify your source code, make new code easier to write, and > make memory issues (leaks, crashes due to messaging dealloced objects) less > likely. Once I switched I couldn’t imagine how I worked without it. > > GCD is useful if you make heavy use of concurrency in your app and need > all the performance you can get. Not all apps will need it. If you’re using > NSOperationQueue, you’re already taking advantage of GCD on OS’s that > support it. > > One thing we both forgot to mention is blocks — I can’t remember, can you > even use blocks in an app targeting 10.5? If not, those would be a huge, > huge reason to drop support. Possibly bigger than ARC. Blocks make the > language so much more flexible, even without GCD. > Amen. > > —Jens > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/sevenbitstech%40gmail.com > > This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
