You can't very easily have two equivalently powerful pointers that point at the same node in Rust. It became somewhat of a meme in Rust community to the point t

You can't very easily have two equivalently powerful pointers that point at the same node in Rust. It became somewhat of a meme in Rust community to the point that there is even a series called "Learn Rust With Entirely Too Many Linked Lists" [0]. [0] https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/ https://rust-unofficial.github.io/too-many-lists/