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		OvermindDL1 on Sept 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Taming Go’s memory usage, or how we avoided rewrit... Things like the borrower checker helps manage all resources, a GC only manages memory.

OvermindDL1 on Sept 22, 2021 | [–]

Or rather RAII, borrow checker is a different feature that is not related to garbage collection

throwaway894345 on Sept 22, 2021 | [–]

Yes, I understand. To quote myself:

> I know the borrow checker aids in correctness beyond what a gc does

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