Backlinks ARE a very interesting point about Rust. Just because you don't find yourself using them all that often doesn't mean it's not interesting to the desig

Backlinks ARE a very interesting point about Rust. Just because you don't find yourself using them all that often doesn't mean it's not interesting to the design and expresivity of the language. The issue is a direct consequence of Rust's strict aliasing rules, which I feel any programmer would benefit from groking.