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Re:Rust: Dropping heavy things in another thread can make yo... by Reelin on Saturday May 30, 2020 @08:24PM (#23366078)
I think we're violently agreeing?

RAII is the only use case I was speaking of there. Way back up thread the original post I responded to was talking about arena allocators in comparison to a generational GC and finalizers. The point is that a generational GC doesn't handle finalizers well, but neither does an arena allocator!

Re:Rust: Dropping heavy things in another thread can make yo... by winstonewert on Saturday May 30, 2020 @09:08PM (#23366329)
Yes. We are violently agreeing