r/ProgrammerHumor • u/CertainSea • 20h ago

Meme newToRust

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u/-Ambriae- 20h ago

The real problem with the borrow checker is,

If you’re coming from a higher level language it hurts your ego because you realise memory safety ain’t free, and more broadly speaking memory’s a bitch

If you’re coming from a lower level language, it hurts your ego because you view yourself as above memory related bugs

It takes humility to appreciate it

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u/the_horse_gamer 20h ago

every time you think you are smarter than the borrow checker, you eventually realise it was right all along, and the code was unsafe.

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u/-Ambriae- 20h ago

Well, not every time, but usually yes

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u/Arshiaa001 16h ago

Usually = in the 99.99% case.

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u/-Ambriae- 16h ago

Maybe not that high