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dinobones ◴[17 Nov 24 01:02 UTC] No.42161053[source]▶

I've written a ton of software, both backend and embedded-like software in C++.

What are people writing that requires such fancy/extensive usage of the borrow checker?

I can't even remember the last time I had to use a shared_ptr... unique_ptr and other general RAII practices have been more than enough for our codebase.

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loeg ◴[17 Nov 24 01:11 UTC] No.42161108[source]▶

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I think OP is likely overusing references. The vast majority of code doesn't need to deal with explicit lifetimes.

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andybak ◴[17 Nov 24 01:24 UTC] No.42161184[source]▶

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OP sounds fairly smart and my first thought is "if OP is struggling then Rust probably isn't for me".

Who is Rust for?

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1. loeg ◴[17 Nov 24 05:03 UTC] No.42162100[source]▶

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I don't think it's useful to think there is some single spectrum of intelligence that makes one more or less suited to using Rust.

Rust is for anyone who finds it useful.

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Stop making me memorize the borrow checker