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Well, if constantly fighting borrow checker is your thing...

• hollerith 7y ago
  Some people bristle at any restriction on their freedom of action (which psychologists sometimes call "trait reactivity") whereas some people are OK with a restriction if there are practical benefits.
  • cinnamon_bun 7y ago
    I would call this phenomenon "cowboy development". Why would you fight borrow checker when you can employ your users to flush out crashes and undefined behavior?
    • pjmlp 7y ago
      Because one is foolish to try to implement GUIs in Rust, which most GC languages are much better suited for.
  • atemerev 7y ago
    There are other languages who achieve the same goal (C-like performance, controlled latency, memory safety) by less intrusive means. E.g. Nim, or D. So yes, I am perhaps one of those “some people”, if there are other ways to safety, I prefer my freedom of action unconstrained.