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I'm curious - in both of those articles Joel uses the expression "software doesn't rust", to make fun of Netscape.. is that where the name for the Rust language
by jakewins 9y ago
I'm curious - in both of those articles Joel uses the expression "software doesn't rust", to make fun of Netscape.. is that where the name for the Rust language came from?
- steveklabnik 9y agoIt’s not. There’s no canonical reasons, and there’s multiple non-canonical ones.
- kbd 9y agoI noticed that too and was curious. A quick search doesn't say that's where it came from, but I agree it would be ironic. Maybe that planted a seed in someone's mind.
- Manishearth 9y agoThe name has multiple origins, Graydon notoriously gave a different story each time he was asked. One of the origins mentioned is that Graydon thought that rusts (a kind of mushroom) were pretty cool (they are! they have a super complex lifecycle and it's pretty interesting). Another is that Rust is actually not something with new concepts in it, everything in Rust is a very well established concept from earlier PL research, Rust just packages them nicely.
- Quixoticelix3r 9y agoI'm not really sure if calling rust a kind of mushroom is being that fair on it.