…definitely takes some getting used to when you come from a non-memory safe language…
I actually think it’s more like the opposite. The compiler takes the normal rules you apply to avoid issues with a non-memory safe language like C/C++ and enforces them explicitly where memory safe languages don’t have those rules at all. I think lifetimes are much more confusing if you’ve never dealt with a user after free and usually let GC deal with it.
Also yes the compiler warnings and errors are amazing, the difference between rustc and gcc is night and day.
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