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gc-removed-by-2013 · rust-mit-tech-review-2023

Revision fce54690-e46f-4fce-97fd-675e31ce9b98 · 3/6/2026, 6:12:40 AM UTC
Claim ID
gc-removed-by-2013
Assertion
Rust's garbage collector was removed by 2013, after which programs written in Rust ran faster with no periodic halts for memory cleanup.
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.
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