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		MattRix 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brimstone: ES2025 JavaScript engine written in Rus... Rust is not garbage collected though.

vampirex 27 days ago [–]

Yes, but safe Rust enforces strict borrow checking with tracing, reference counting, etc. which would be inefficient for GC implementation.

LtdJorge 27 days ago | [–]

What tracing?

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