Stop making me memorize the borrow checker

Rust was a pain in the ass until I stopped trying to write C code in it and started writing idiomatic Rust. I don’t know the author of this blog, but he mentions extensive C++ experience which makes me wonder if he’s trying to write C++ in Rust.

Maybe not! Maybe it’s truly just Rust being stubborn and difficult. However, it’s such an easy trap to fall into that I’ve gotta think it’s at least possible.

I learned Rust before learning C properly.

Oh boy. I see bugs everywhere in C and why the borrow checker exists. It really forces you to understand what happens under the hood.

The most issues in Rust are indeed related the expressions - you don't know how to describe some scenario for compiler well-enough, in order to prove that this is actually possible - and then your program won't compile.

In C, you talk more to the computer with the language syntax, whereas in Rust you talk to the compiler.

> Oh boy. I see bugs everywhere in C and why the borrow checker exists.

Any examples that you could provide? I have been dealing with C/C++ for close to 30 years. Number of times I have shot myself with undefined/unspecified behavior is less than 5.

In 30+ years of experience in C, you haven't used a free()d variable or written past the end of a buffer more than 5 times? If that's true, then you have more care and attention than 99.99% of all C experts.