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"Jeffrey R. Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org> writes:
> From what I've read about Rust, it's a fairly typical C-family
> language, except for the borrow rules. Pointers (by whatever name and
> with whatever restrictions) are pervasive.

I haven't done any Rust yet, but "modern" C++ style avoids pointers and
uses references instead.  One can now (post C++11) write idiomatic C++
code with few if any pointers.