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Re:Modern C++ Won't Save Us by aliceryhl on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @11:10AM (#19729379)
The rust code in question is not using reference counting.
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Re:Modern C++ Won't Save Us by cpeterso on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @06:41PM (#19733715)
Rust's borrow checker is like compile-time reference counting. Same benefit, but no run-time cost.
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