[steveklabnik]

> I addressed borrowing above. Borrowing is proving lifetime subset properties and that

Right, so what I'm saying is, the description of borrowing doesn't really fit in with the reference counting aspect of the analogy, so it ends up being separate from it.

> And this is not about whether this is useful for beginners.

Right, that was my point. :)

I mean, in the end, do what you'd like. All I'm saying is that I've seen this analogy lead to tons of confusion. YMMV.