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Re:Announcing Rust 1.0 by steveklabnik on Friday May 15, 2015 @01:57PM (#9552382)
The community generally doesn't like that name, as it has awkward, appropriating connotations.
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Re:Announcing Rust 1.0 by jerf on Friday May 15, 2015 @02:03PM (#9552426)
What, and Rustacean doesn't? When we Uplift our Cetacean friends, is this sort of awkward appropriation really how you want to meet the newly-conscious masters of 3/4s of the planet?

(Cough.)

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Re:Announcing Rust 1.0 by twic on Friday May 15, 2015 @04:08PM (#9553327)
I parse 'Rustacean' as appropriating crustaceans, not cetaceans. I'm rather less worried about annoying them, because i eat enough prawn toast that i'm already on their shitlist.
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Re:Announcing Rust 1.0 by steveklabnik on Friday May 15, 2015 @02:08PM (#9552478)
As an ex-sorta/kinda-its-complicated-vegan, this comment makes me smile, for sure :)

The purist REST crowd also has used "RESTafarian" for years, and they're almost indistinguishable when spoken...

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Re:Announcing Rust 1.0 by EugeneOZ on Friday May 15, 2015 @03:38PM (#9553125)
Pretty cool name with good connotations (like Bob Marley's music).
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Re:Announcing Rust 1.0 by Dewie3 on Sunday May 17, 2015 @08:41AM (#9559794)
Did any rastafarians complain about that name, or raise this concern?

On the other hand, I can't imagine there are many rastafarians lurking on tumblr.

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