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Re:Microsoft to Explore Using Rust by Stubb on Thursday July 18, 2019 @09:13AM (#20469393)
Get ready for R#.
Re:Microsoft to Explore Using Rust by albanread on Thursday July 18, 2019 @12:18PM (#20471343)
This language should be called `Visual Difficult` since it seems to offload memory management to the human; while the compiler aggressively critiques them. It is safe though; as in fool proof.
Re:Microsoft to Explore Using Rust by topspin on Thursday July 18, 2019 @03:02PM (#20472945)
"Visual Difficult"

I belly laughed. And I really needed to just then. Thanks.

Re:Microsoft to Explore Using Rust by sleepydog on Thursday July 18, 2019 @11:05AM (#20470566)
Tetanus (consequence of sharp rust)
Re:Microsoft to Explore Using Rust by Arnavion on Thursday July 18, 2019 @12:55PM (#20471704)
(Note that rust does not cause tetanus. Tetanus germs live in wet soil, that just happens to be the reason the sharp thing was rusted.)
Re:Microsoft to Explore Using Rust by Xophmeister on Thursday July 18, 2019 @09:29AM (#20469531)
IronRust?
Re:Microsoft to Explore Using Rust by blub on Thursday July 18, 2019 @09:19AM (#20469437)
Based on this article it looks like it's possible for MS to truly embrace Rust.

This would be an opportunity for them at the same time to extend the language by offering for example a dialect which is less focused on functional programming idioms and the stranger notations, like lifetimes.

There are many people complaining about the above, and they would probably vote for the MS dialect, which could result in extinguishing current Rust and de facto replacing it with a more beginner-friendly version.

Re:Microsoft to Explore Using Rust by majewsky on Thursday July 18, 2019 @09:39AM (#20469623)
I don't think you can reasonably have a Rust dialect without lifetimes. Ownership, borrowing and lifetimes is the very core of Rust. The other Rust submission on the frontpage right now explains this: https://boats.gitlab.io/blog/post/notes-on-a-smaller-rust/
Re:Microsoft to Explore Using Rust by binarycoffee on Thursday July 18, 2019 @05:27PM (#20474081)
I fear GP's post has not been fully appreciated.

(I noted these words: [...] embrace [...] extend [...] extinguish [...])