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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't modern programming languages, like Rus... by jstx1 on Sunday July 02, 2023 @06:14AM (#36560060)
> Do I need a &mut Option<Thing>, or an Option<&mut Thing>?

Follow up to this example: let's say that I don't know the answer, what do I search for if I want to find out?

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Re:Ask HN: Why aren't modern programming languages, like Rus... by adastra22 on Sunday July 02, 2023 @06:22AM (#36560096)
Man, I don’t even know. It’s ungoogleable.

The only thing that keeps this from being as big an issue as it ought to be is that rustc’s error output is really, really good. Usually it tells you how to fix it.

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