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0 pointsadkadskhj4y ago0 comments

Curious, why do you want a GC'd Rust? I imagine there's something about Rust that you feel would be improved with a GC?

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Zababa4y ago· 2 in thread

I like not having to think about lifetimes and ownership when I'm building a tree for example, and for most of what I do I can afford the performance hit.

adkadskhjOP4y ago

Is there a reason you'd not just throw RC-like solutions on it? Ie the GC is basically going to employ a handful of techniques with overhead like RC, memory Arenas, etc - which you could also use in Rust.

So i imagine you know this, is it the syntax you're trying to avoid? Ie wrapping a lot of things in RC's is annoying?

Zababa4y ago

A few reasons. Like you said, syntax, wrapping and unwrapping is annoying. Also, RC doesn't cover cases with cyclic references. I think the difference is that for me GC is the default. For me, you need a good reason to not use a GC. Moderns GCs are very, very good and like I said I'd need a good reason to not use it. That's personal though, and I understand that not everyone agrees.

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