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> Rust lacks a GC so it uses its type system (namely its borrow checker) to compensate.

Ok fair enough. I guess mentally I separate the ownership/lifetime system from the type system, but I suppose it's true that borrows, mutable borrows etc. are actually part of the type system.




Yeah, it’s a bit pedantic, but I wanted to be precise for clarity.




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