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On 3/22/19 3:26 AM, Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
> But then why do you need pointers [in Rust] at all? The only cases where they are
> interesting is when they are heavily aliased; otherwise, you're better off
> using containers from the standard library or even your own types (as in Ada
> discriminated records). And it's that sort of aliasing that Rust is aiming
> to eliminate.

 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. One must explicitly pass a pointer to avoid pass-by-copy for 
large objects, or to obtain [in] out semantics. Every example of Rust I've seen 
has been filled with the various symbols for pointers.

-- 
Jeff Carter
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after Virgil's mother."
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