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Unexpected productivity boost of Rust

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517 points bkolobara | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 15:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.524s | source
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merdaverse ◴[27 Aug 25 18:15 UTC] No.45043051[source]▶
Code written below your line gets executed if you don't return early. More breaking news at 8.

Seriously, why would you think that assigning a value would stop your script from executing? Maybe the Typescript example is missing some context, but it seems like such a weird case to present as a "data race".

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1. IshKebab ◴[27 Aug 25 22:18 UTC] No.45046033[source]▶
Whenever someone talks about a surprising paper cut like this you always see misguided "this is obvious" comments.

No shit. It's obvious because you literally just read a blog post explaining it. The point is if you sprinkle dozens of "obvious" things through a large enough code based, one of them is going to bite you sooner or later.

It's better if the language helps you avoid them.