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Re:GNU Shepherd by steveklabnik on Saturday June 03, 2017 @10:47AM (#14476606)
OCaml's usually what I see cited as the reason for Rust adopting the syntax.
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Re:GNU Shepherd by mcguire on Saturday June 03, 2017 @11:11AM (#14476732)
... where it's a type variable.

I think we can blame the use for lifetimes entirely on the Rusties.

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Re:GNU Shepherd by steveklabnik on Saturday June 03, 2017 @11:58AM (#14476960)
Lifetimes are also types, or more specifically, generic type parameters.
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Re:GNU Shepherd by cyphar on Saturday June 03, 2017 @12:14PM (#14477027)
I believe the community name is Rustacean[1].

[1]: http://www.rustaceans.org/

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