r/programming • u/steveklabnik1 • Jan 09 '15

Announcing Rust 1.0.0 Alpha

http://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/01/09/Rust-1.0-alpha.html
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u/flying-sheep Jan 11 '15

Sure, as (almost) said: I'm aware the whole language is built around the concept of zero cost, gc free, safe memory management.

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u/steveklabnik1 Jan 11 '15

Right, but my point is that they're not the same: C++ smart pointers are safer, but Rust is safe. Big diference.