Re:How to speed up the Rust compiler in 2018
by SomeHacker44 on Monday April 30, 2018 @12:26PM
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> It is deterministic and zero-overhead
I wouldn't say zero-overhead. I would say O(1) overhead in the best case, and equivalent to C-style manual memory management in the typical (which again isn't zero-overhead and isn't even necessarily always O(1) overhead with heavy allocation and deallocation).
But, yes, it isn't GC'd with the attendant challenges GC poses (or benefits it brings).
I wouldn't say zero-overhead. I would say O(1) overhead in the best case, and equivalent to C-style manual memory management in the typical (which again isn't zero-overhead and isn't even necessarily always O(1) overhead with heavy allocation and deallocation).
But, yes, it isn't GC'd with the attendant challenges GC poses (or benefits it brings).