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jitl on Aug 1, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nim 2.0

Sounds like a vector/array/list in any other language after C++, like Go slice, Java ArrayList, Javascript array, Python list, Rust vec. Is there something I'm missing?

gcoakes on Aug 1, 2023 [–]

I think they're discussing the lifetime of that heap data, not whether the data is heap allocated.

chc on Aug 1, 2023 | [–]

I don't see them drawing any distinctions from C++ or Rust there either. It really sounds to me like most of their low-level experience is in C, where the contrasts they appear to be drawing really do apply.

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