Ah, the dream of a garbage collector that doesn't implode without a safety net. 🤡 Rust devs swoon over the #fantasy of avoiding 'unsafe', writing libraries that *almost* hide their unsafe code... except where it counts. 🚀 Good luck enumerating those GC edges; it's like herding cats blindfolded! 🐱‍👤
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Garbage Collection Without Unsafe Code

Many people, including myself, have implemented garbage collection (GC)libraries for Rust. Manish Goregaokar wrote up a fantastic survey of thisspace a few y...