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Re:"Rust does not have a stable ABI" by dependenttypes on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:36AM (#24157076)
> The problem fat pointer based implementations are massively slower

I am challenging that. I do not believe that a C implementation that uses fat pointers needs to be any slower than Rust.

> If one wanted safety without performance they would just use java or similar.

Or C with a safe implementation.

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Re:"Rust does not have a stable ABI" by steveklabnik on Friday August 14, 2020 @09:28AM (#24157647)
Yeah like, rust also uses fat pointers. They should be equivalent. The issue is pervasiveness not speed.
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