a_rustacean

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   by a_rustacean 5y ago

   Open-source maintainers should merge everything that _I_ consider reasonable, because _I_ know better than them! If they don't, I'll call it a tragedy.
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   by a_rustacean 5y ago

   It's easier to understand the future consequences and limitations of code you wrote yourself. The main challenge in open-source is communication.
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   by a_rustacean 5y ago

   `Rc` freezes the value as long as it's shared unless you use interior mutability. It's fine when you want to share immutable data, but if you ever need to mutate its contents you will have to deal with awkward cases and situations
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   by a_rustacean 5y ago

   "I don't understand it, therefore there is something suspicious about it" is a very dangerous way of reasoning. We burned innocent people because of this not long ago. Anyways, I find the Bitcoin paper very approachable. You