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by brigadier132 1089 days ago
Rust code that compiles gives you certain guarantees that C++ code that compiles does not. The question isn't is well written code in one language better than well written code in another language. The question is, do I know this code is well written? In Rust you know, in C++ you don't without jumping through a bunch of other hoops.
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What I'm trying to get to is if the guarantees include better control over the heap and paging. Everybody wants to tell me C++ likely has bugs which I understand, but it's not what I'm asking about.

Edit: I missed that the original person I responded to was talking about being paged when a problem arises and not about memory performance. I'm still curious though if Rust memory guarantees give the programmer better tools for dealing with memory paging.

Aha, I should've mentioned that it's about getting paged on weekend...