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Re:Rust 1.37.0 by wtetzner on Friday August 16, 2019 @09:51AM (#20715102)
But Haskell is intentionally used as a laboratory to experiment with new ideas. That is not Rust's primary goal.
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Re:Rust 1.37.0 by centril on Sunday August 18, 2019 @10:29PM (#20734436)
An interesting example is the addition of `{-# LANGUAGE LinearTypes #-}` to GHC. The primary interest for this "experiment" is not from academia but from industry (tweag IO). Another example is `QuantifiedConstraints` which was quickly caught up by practical applications as well. Haskell is not just for academia, it is very much intended for practical use after all.
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Re:Rust 1.37.0 by wtetzner on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @01:36PM (#20759394)
It is intended by it's creators as a research language. That doesn't mean it isn't suitable for practical use, it just means that you should expect it to continue to gain features and grow in complexity.
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Re:Rust 1.37.0 by foldr on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:11PM (#20720898)
It's not C++'s goal either, AFAIK, but major new features keep getting added to the language anyway.
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