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minus-squareFal@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoHow so? That’s like, the thing that makes rust awesome to write.
minus-squarevext01@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoIt’s hard to get those kinds of data structures through the borrow checker. Try writing a doubly linked list.
minus-squareFal@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s because it’s hard to make them correct. It’s not any harder to write it in rust than in C. Just C lets you do it wrong
How so? That’s like, the thing that makes rust awesome to write.
It’s hard to get those kinds of data structures through the borrow checker.
Try writing a doubly linked list.
It’s because it’s hard to make them correct. It’s not any harder to write it in rust than in C. Just C lets you do it wrong