>Algol/C/Java/Rust are in some sense variations on the same language Actually, despite its syntax, Rust is more closely related to the ML family than the Algol

>Algol/C/Java/Rust are in some sense variations on the same language Actually, despite its syntax, Rust is more closely related to the ML family than the Algol family. The original Rust compiler was written in OCaml and it definitely shows in the algebraic data types, functional idioms, and immutability by default. More to the point, maybe a new OS could gain meaningful adoption by seeming superficially like Unix while actually taking significant inspiration elsewhere.