It is faster to write an app with GC than to fight the borrow checker. For OS kernel development Rust may be worth the fight, but for userland a language with G

It is faster to write an app with GC than to fight the borrow checker. For OS kernel development Rust may be worth the fight, but for userland a language with GC is better in most cases (much easier to learn, use and maintain for relatively small speed and memory penalty).