Same for C, & yields a pointer to a value, and * allows you to access the data. (For rust people, a pointer is like a reference with looser type checking)

[–] aloso@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have pointers in Rust, too :) see documentation

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I doubt many people have ever use that or any of the other low level memory API. The main appeal of rust is not having to do that.

[–] aloso@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, but raw pointers and unsafe Rust are still covered in the official learning material, so I assume that most Rust devs know about raw pointers.