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gc-removed-by-2013 · rust-mit-tech-review-2023
- Citation
- rust-mit-tech-review-2023
- Claim ID
- ocaml-compiler-38k-lines
- Assertion
- The early Rust compiler was written in OCaml before transitioning to a self-hosting compiler. The team removed Rust's garbage collector by 2013, after which programs written in Rust ran even faster.
- Quote
As the team improved the memory-management system, Rust had increasingly little need for its own garbage collector—and by 2013, the team had removed it. Programs written in Rust would now run even faster: no periodic halts while the computer performed cleanup.
- Quote language
- en
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