Re:Rust: Not So Great For Codec Implementing
by spatulon on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:42PM
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It's still widely used and not considered archaic in British and Australian English.
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Re:Rust: Not So Great For Codec Implementing
by bigdubs on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:47PM
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whilst
The definition is singularly, "while", with no extra connotation, other than it is as you said chiefly British.
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=while,whilst
"While" is, not surprisingly, much more widely used, "whilst" being more affected.