Erik McClure

Applied mathematician and software architect who occasionally writes music.

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The Windows malloc() implementation from MSVCRT is slow

2022211 points182 comments Systems & Performance details

Stop making me memorize the borrow checker

2024177 points233 comments Programming Languages details

I started learning Rust about 3 or 4 years ago. I am now knee-deep in several very complex Rust projects that keep slamming into the limitations of the Rust compiler. One of the most common and obnoxious problems is hitting a situation the borrow-checker can’t deal with and realizing that I need to completely…