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0 pointsArnavion3y ago0 comments

They're saying the lack of GC is an advantage over golang, not that it's a deficiency.

Or if you're suggesting a GC to solve the memory unsafety, a GC only solves leaks and doesn't do anything for use-after-free or simultaneous unexpected mutations.

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pverghese3y ago

I'm saying you have the option to use a gc or not. It's as simple as changing the allocator you use

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