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		UncleEntity on Aug 24, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust – A hard decision pays off It seems like a bad idea to allow what is arguably the main selling point of the language to be turned off by a compiler flag so someone can build the rest of their program on top of that shaky foundation. Whole hog or no hog, this is the rust way.

ncmncm on Aug 24, 2022 [–]

I.e., a ridiculous objection that demonstrates wholesale incomprehension of the topic.

This is an example of why I expect the language may still fizzle.

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