The Rust project was initiated to solve two thorny problems:
- How do you do safe systems programming?
- How do you make concurrency painless?
Initially these problems seemed orthogonal, but to our amazement, the solution turned out to be identical: the same tools that make Rust safe also help you tackle concurrency head-on.
That was an eye-opener at the time, at least for me. Maybe Fearless SIMD borrows it's name from that sentiment.
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The Rust project was initiated to solve two thorny problems:
- How do you do safe systems programming?
- How do you make concurrency painless?
Initially these problems seemed orthogonal, but to our amazement, the solution turned out to be identical: the same tools that make Rust safe also help you tackle concurrency head-on.
That was an eye-opener at the time, at least for me. Maybe Fearless SIMD borrows it's name from that sentiment.
Edit: the original announcement says this is the inspiration (https://raphlinus.github.io/rust/simd/2018/10/19/fearless-si...)