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Re:Facebook Joins the Rust Foundation by cortesoft on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:28PM (#26983994)
What does it mean for Rust to be endorsing BigCos?
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Re:Facebook Joins the Rust Foundation by dangerbird2 on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:47PM (#26984177)
Not much other than reflecting the reality that BigCos are using rust in production, and as a result, have a vested interest in the project's governance. This is true for pretty much every popular language of software with an open governance model.
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Re:Facebook Joins the Rust Foundation by DyslexicAtheist on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:11PM (#26984431)
It means any Rust dev will be even less likely to open their mouth when Facebook does some horrible shit than what they already are.
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