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Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular? by sdegutis on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:20PM (#22111076)
I’d agree, basically Haskell is focused on academic purity and abstract experimentation while Rust is focused on being equally practical and innovative at the same time.
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Re:What is Rust and why is it so popular? by vperez on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @03:44PM (#22111334)
Haskell is actually used by companies to solve practical problems, a non trivial example being Facebook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlTO510zO78

Not too bad for an abstract experimentation.

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