How Rust optimizes async/await

Re:How Rust optimizes async/await by pcwalton on Monday August 19, 2019 @03:06PM (#20740757)

Sure. It's called Rc and Arc.

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Re:How Rust optimizes async/await by jnordwick on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @02:17AM (#20744256)

Don't be intentionally obtuse. You know I mean something more like mark and sweep

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Re:How Rust optimizes async/await by hexane360 on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:40PM (#20743177)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_detection

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Re:How Rust optimizes async/await by pcwalton on Monday August 19, 2019 @09:56PM (#20743250)

Reference counting is a form of garbage collection, despite the fact that it does not detect cycles without extra work. This has been the correct terminology in the memory management literature for decades.

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