The notion extends to official libraries, not just the language itself. That said, I'm not the best person to ask, but cursory research turns up a few examples.

The notion extends to official libraries, not just the language itself. That said, I'm not the best person to ask, but cursory research turns up a few examples.[0][1][2][3] Some of these aren't examples of legacy cruft per se. However, as complexity is added to a language at a rapid rate, there becomes more confusion over what best practice actually is. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2r7ttq/where_to_find_idiomatic_rust_code_for_reference/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2r7ttq/where_to_find_... [1] https://users.rust-lang.org/t/rust-version-support-in-library-crates-best-practices/4405 https://users.rust-lang.org/t/rust-version-support-in-librar... [2] https://gist.github.com/lifthrasiir/cedb5db8dbcd209c5957 https://gist.github.com/lifthrasiir/cedb5db8dbcd209c5957 [3] https://users.rust-lang.org/t/is-this-idiomatic-rust/2155 https://users.rust-lang.org/t/is-this-idiomatic-rust/2155