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Re:The borrowchecker is what I like the least about Rust on Saturday July 19, 2025 @04:48PM (#44619237)
> makes you a better programmer

If a language is bad, but you must use it, then yes learn it. But, if the borrowchecker is a source of pain in Rust, why not andmit it needs work instead of saying that “it makes you better”?

I’m not going to start writing brainfuck because it makes me a better programmer.