Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular?
by ncmncm on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:37AM
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GC is OK if the only resource your program needs to manage is RAM; and, in particular if time is not among them. There are many such programs, including the favorites of Computer Science, such as compilers.
Add a single other resource, and now you need resource management. Once you have resource management, memory is the easiest thing to plug into it.
If you start out having resource management, you never wonder whether GC would be a good idea. GC turns into a solution desperately looking for a problem, and finding none in your neighborhood.
Add a single other resource, and now you need resource management. Once you have resource management, memory is the easiest thing to plug into it.
If you start out having resource management, you never wonder whether GC would be a good idea. GC turns into a solution desperately looking for a problem, and finding none in your neighborhood.