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		Georgelemental on Nov 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Roc – A fast, friendly, functional language Rust takes the "at least annotate all your function signatures" approach as well. It's essential for making borrow-checking tractable (for both the compiler and the programmer).

ReleaseCandidat on Nov 20, 2023 [–]

Rust has the "you must annotate your functions signatures, because there is no global type inference possible" approach.

Mawr on Nov 21, 2023 | [–]

It's a carefully chosen, deliberate design decision [1]. Interface boundaries should be stable.

[1] https://steveklabnik.com/writing/rusts-golden-rule

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