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Re:Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig by frobisher on Thursday December 04, 2025 @11:33PM (#46156863)
Although I find my brainspace being dedicated to thinking about memory, rather than the problem at hand.

Which can be a worthwhile cost if the benefits of speed and security are needed. But I think it's certainly a cognitive cost.

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Re:Thoughts on Go vs. Rust vs. Zig by notnullorvoid on Friday December 05, 2025 @01:37AM (#46157454)
You can use RC liberally to avoid thinking about memory though. The only memory problem to think about then is circular refs, which GC languages also don't fully avoid.
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