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I did get that they were placeholders :) I just wanted to note that the scale was way off. You said "I wouldn't expect a the 2012 rust prerelease to .." follow
by Manishearth 10y ago
I did get that they were placeholders :)
I just wanted to note that the scale was way off. You said "I wouldn't expect a the 2012 rust prerelease to .." followed by "but it can probably do 2013", so it was clear you had an expectation of what the dates would be approximately like.
And for many compilers, this is true -- you can use really old compilers to compile the new one. But not everyone is aware of how tumultuous Rust's history is, so I thought it interesting to note.
I should have worded it better I guess.
- logicallee 10y agoyeah I was just trying to illustrate what I meant, like, the process. And you're right, I didn't know it was so tumultuous so with your clarification it's an interesting observation :) (By comparison the specifications for C don't break earlier compilers often at all.) Thanks for the clarification :)