I come from Haskell and fought fiercely with the borrow checker for two months. We’re friends now. I talked to a C programmer who said thinking in lifetimes (w

I come from Haskell and fought fiercely with the borrow checker for two months. We’re friends now. I talked to a C programmer who said thinking in lifetimes (when to free()) was second nature, so didn’t even think heavily about it.