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Re:The struggle with Rust by kaoD on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @12:38PM (#13473525)
Then use https://github.com/Manishearth/rust-gc if you're willing to pay the price of a GC (still experimental). Or better, stick to a GC'ed language.

If you don't need manual memory management, it's obviously going to be a burden. There are still use cases for manual memory management though, and that's where Rust comes in.

Use the right tool for the job.

Re:The struggle with Rust by Manishearth on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @12:56PM (#13473722)
(Please don't use rust-gc, it's more of a proof of concept. I mean, it works, and some folks do use it, but Rc + Weak are probably better options)
Re:The struggle with Rust by rbehrends on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @12:49PM (#13473634)
> If you don't need manual memory management, it's obviously going to be a burden. There are still use cases for manual memory management though, and that's where Rust comes in.

That's exactly the point that I made in my original comment?

Re:The struggle with Rust by kaoD on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @12:57PM (#13473734)
Sorry, HN isn't great at keeping track who's who on a comment tree.