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Re:Rust: Dropping heavy things in another thread can make yo... by saagarjha on Saturday May 30, 2020 @01:44PM (#23363027)
Usually in a background thread ;)
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Re:Rust: Dropping heavy things in another thread can make yo... by arcticbull on Saturday May 30, 2020 @01:49PM (#23363059)
Indeed. The difference is this is happening deterministically, in place (with an optional deferral). A garbage collector has all sorts of different trade-offs.
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