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Re:Rust 2019 and beyond: limits to some growth by reificator on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @06:37PM (#18765833)
Let's also come back to it when Rust is older than C++.

It's a new language targeted toward people who want stability and performance, what do you expect to see by now?

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Re:Rust 2019 and beyond: limits to some growth by steveklabnik on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @06:41PM (#18765872)
Rust will never be older than C++ since they both get one year older every year ;)
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Re:Rust 2019 and beyond: limits to some growth by StavrosK on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @08:12PM (#18766375)
Oh age is just an int, and it'll overflow at some point.
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Re:Rust 2019 and beyond: limits to some growth by _ek94 on Thursday December 27, 2018 @06:15AM (#18768847)
Interpreting GP's comment using the Principle of Charity[1], I assume GP meant "older than C++ is now".

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity

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Re:Rust 2019 and beyond: limits to some growth by reificator on Thursday December 27, 2018 @11:00AM (#18770214)
Or making a joke, which is supposedly verboten here.
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