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		timClicks on Aug 1, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lang Jam: create a programming language in a weeke... You could implement it as a runtime check

skohan on Aug 1, 2021 [–]

Why not just use GC at that point? I thought the whole USP is the zero runtime cost

timClicks on Aug 1, 2021 | [–]

It would be a garbage collector. I assumed that the person asking the question was primarily looking for a simpler implementation option, not to re-create rustc exactly.

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