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		alexchamberlain on March 26, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rust data structures with circular references (202... You can do RC memory management without the overhead of a GC runtime though.

jayd16 on March 26, 2024 [–]

As described (ie. only run when I say so), the GC is less overhead than ref counting because you're not even paying for the cost to free things.

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