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Re:One year of Rust by russellbeattie on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @03:36AM (#11711886)
So maybe you know why it's called 'rust'? I can't find any reference to it. Such a horrible name for a new programming language.
Re:One year of Rust by steveklabnik on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @10:32AM (#11713946)
There's no one reason. One is the "rust" group of fungi. Another is that Rust isn't cutting edge; it uses ideas that have been around a while. And so on.