In a strange way, the borrow checker is old fashioned. It seems like an experience described by older programmers, of punching programs into cards and waiting f

In a strange way, the borrow checker is old fashioned. It seems like an experience described by older programmers, of punching programs into cards and waiting for time on the computer, when they’d finally know if their program worked. My few experiences with Rust made me realise that I’d become used to dropping into a Python shell to sort of explore and actually experience what was happening. Even in toy programs in Rust, I had to change my approach and also ensure I wrote one small, working chunk of code at a time. (Rather than roughly sketching out bigger sections, for example.) I quite liked it, but changing habits isn’t easy and now I’m wondering if maybe it will limit the wider adoption of Rust.