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Re:Why does the C preprocessor interpret the word “linux” as... by agscala on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @01:35PM (#6522615)
What's wrong with garbage collection being built into the language?
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Re:Why does the C preprocessor interpret the word “linux” as... by Symmetry on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @02:14PM (#6522840)
Nothing if you're writing your whole application in Rust. If you're making libraries or a kernel, though, it starts to present problems.
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Re:Why does the C preprocessor interpret the word “linux” as... by eropple on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @01:46PM (#6522675)
Performance. Rust is able to provide its desired expressiveness without forcing you to make that tradeoff every time you use it.
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