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title: "Swift’s native Clocks are very inefficient – Wade Tregaskis"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/swift-s-native-clocks-are-very-inefficient-wade-tregaskis-xcsj3wh6c
source_url: https://wadetregaskis.com/swifts-native-clocks-are-very-inefficient/
type: article
source: "Lobsters"
published: 2024-05-05T05:43:43.615Z
updated: 2024-05-09T08:39:06.345Z
tags: ["performance", "swift"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Swift’s native Clocks are very inefficient – Wade Tregaskis

**[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Swift's native Clocks, such as ContinuousClock and SuspendingClock, are inefficient for frequent time and timing operations.

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