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Re:Thoughts on replacement languages by cpeterso on Sunday January 11, 2015 @01:44AM (#8869280)
How does Rust deal with reference cycles?
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Re:Thoughts on replacement languages by steveklabnik on Sunday January 11, 2015 @09:24AM (#8870032)
By giving you enough tools that referencing counting isn't what you reach for. If you do need it, though, we use weak and strong pointers.
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