Yeah, hence high level non-GCed language. Using heap allocated linked lists is rarely the way to go if you're not developing for embedded. However, if you're d

Yeah, hence high level non-GCed language. Using heap allocated linked lists is rarely the way to go if you're not developing for embedded. However, if you're developing for embedded you'll probably want to be familiar with unsafe either way if you're going to use Rust. Regarding self-referencing: Rust encourages you to design differently, which I've found leads to nicer and more thought out designs most of the time. Not all algorithms are possible (or efficient) without it though, and for those you'll have to use unsafe if you _really_ have to implement them yourself.