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> All it had to say was that rust tells you when you keep reference to on stack variable after it goes out of scope.

The author isn't just telling you that Rust is awesome because it tells you something, he's acknowledging the frustration in learning how to listen to the compiler.

It's kind of like Jerry Pournelle describing the ups and downs of USB by documenting an epic journey that all started with trying to scan some handwritten notes for his next novel using a Canon scanner he borrowed from Alex that he's just now getting around to reviewing, because the pins of the parallel port are too bent to use the old Epson. Okay, so maybe it was a little overcomplicated.



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