C++ Wannabe Ignores Rust

For most high-performance general- purpose systems, reference counting has been abandoned in favor of tracing garbage collectors, which actually traverse (trace out) the graph of live objects, distinguishing them from the unreachable (garbage) objects which can then be reclaimed. Uniprocessor Garbage Collection Techniques, Paul R. Wilson That sign won't stop me, because I'm a C++ wannabe!

A cartoon character walks toward a door covered by a technical sign about tracing garbage collectors, with Rust logos overlaid on the image. The joke is that someone aspiring to be a C++ programmer refuses to be deterred by Rust’s reputation for memory safety and garbage-collection-related concepts.

• @profunctor_io / 4953 2020-07-17