> without resorting to something slower like Garbage Collection or Reference Counting

Hah! But RC is GC! [1]

> Again, this is just deception for those developers coming from C-like languages. Swift’s error handling works exactly like Rust’s behind the scenes, but it is hidden in a clever, familiar syntax.

But the indent heavy syntax is one of the worst parts of exceptions?

    Rust:
    fn value_in_cents(coin: Coin) -> u8 {

    Swift:
    func valueInCents(coin: Coin) -> Int {

Well, that settles it — it is known languages that use snake_case are superior.

> This is because Rust is fast by default, and lets you be slow, while Swift is easy by default and lets you be fast.

Good, good, you're onto something here.

> There is a perception that Swift is only a good language for Apple platforms. While this was once true, this is no longer the case and Swift is becoming increasingly a good cross-platform language.

Sigh. But you just said defaults matter, come on. Let me paraphrase: "This is because Swift is for Apple platforms by default, while Rust is cross-platform by default."

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdREEcfaihg