Ownership and Borrowing: The Concept Go Doesn't Have
Go to Rust Series: ← The Rust Compiler | Series Overview | No Garbage Collector → The Core Difference Ownership is Rust’s most important concept—and the one Go completely lacks. In Go, the garbage collector handles memory. In Rust, the ownership system handles memory at compile time, with zero runtime cost. Go’s Approach: Share and GC Go: package main import "fmt" func main() { data := []int{1, 2, 3} // Pass to multiple functions printData(data) modifyData(data) printData(data) // Still usable fmt.Println(data) } func printData(d []int) { fmt.Println(d) } func modifyData(d []int) { d[0] = 999 // Modifies original } Output: ...