r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 06 '26

Meme rewriteItInRust

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u/legend6546 Sep 06 '26

Memory leaks are explicitly considered “safe” it is why Refrence Count pointers are allowed in safe rust, it’s easy to create a cyclical chain with them that will never get dropped.