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Re:Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust by BenFrantzDale on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @09:25PM (#22252952)
“GC makes it easier to write.” I disagree. GC means I don’t get deterministic destruction which means I can’t use RAII properly.
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Re:Why Discord is switching from Go to Rust by pkolaczk on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:27AM (#22254442)
The post was about writing lockless structures. With lockless RAII is of no use. See ABA problem. RAII is awesome in other places.
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