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pub fn main() !void {
    // Alignment in computer programming refers to the way data is arranged and accessed in memory.
    // It is a rule that specifies the memory address boundaries at which a data type or variable
    // should be stored.
    // The goal of alignment is to ensure that memory accesses are efficient and that the processor
    // can retrieve data in the most optimized way.
    // https://ziggit.dev/t/whats-up-with-alignof-u128/1271/3?u=s4hubhamp

    // Definition as per Zig docs
    // Each type has an alignment - a number of bytes such that, when a value of the type is loaded from or stored to memory,

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use std::rc::Rc;
use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
use std::ops::Deref;

fn boxes() {
    // Box allows mutable and immutable borrows to a variable. It's just a pointer to data on a heap

    // Box returns ownership of the passed value. So if passed value does not implement clone then value gets moved.
    let a = Box::new(1);  // a is a Box pointing to an integer on the heap
    let b = &a;  // b is a reference to the Box