> Exactly. Claims like "even without dealing with a single reference/borrow."
> When you have this stuff in "Hello World"
Might be worth reading simonask's comment more closely. They said (emphasis added):
> You can absolutely make _a_ complete, featureful program in Rust without naming a single lifetime, or even without dealing with a single reference/borrow.
That some programs require references/borrows/etc. doesn't mean that all programs require them.
> When you have this stuff in "Hello World"
Might be worth reading simonask's comment more closely. They said (emphasis added):
> You can absolutely make _a_ complete, featureful program in Rust without naming a single lifetime, or even without dealing with a single reference/borrow.
That some programs require references/borrows/etc. doesn't mean that all programs require them.