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So why is "crate" such an improvement over "compilation unit" that it warrants inventing a new term? Especially when a large number of engineers learning Rust c
by dymk 8y ago
So why is "crate" such an improvement over "compilation unit" that it warrants inventing a new term? Especially when a large number of engineers learning Rust come from a language that uses "compilation unit"?
- yesenadam 8y agoWell, it's 1 syllable instead of 6.
- steveklabnik 8y agoMore come from those that don’t than those that do, these days. Conciseness is a virtue. Additionally, “compilation unit” can also be misleading; for example, incremental recompilation compiles just a portion of a compilation unit, so it’s not really a unit anymore.