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Re:Facebook puts bounties on bugs in the D programming langu... by jacques_chester on Saturday November 16, 2013 @02:07AM (#6744019)
Without knowing Rust, I think it would nice if the sigils were replaced with keywords.

Eg.

    x: owned mut Type

    x: mut Type

    x: Type
Reasoning: My memory is not what it used to be. I hate having to constantly look stuff up to remind myself what what this or that sigil means in this or that language.
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Re:Facebook puts bounties on bugs in the D programming langu... by pcwalton on Saturday November 16, 2013 @02:47AM (#6744098)
I agree actually—I'm not a huge fan of sigils. The GC sigil (@) is being removed, bringing us down to ~ (pointers) and & (references).
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