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I feel like we're working from different definitions of mature? I'm just looking at how suitable it is for use in production, not whether it's going to last for

• ncmncm 6y ago
  Readiness for use in production is the definition. But a language that falls out of use before the products written in it do was not ready. Look around at mature languages. They have shelves of books written about them, in numerous languages. More of their users are employed to write in them than not. They have conferences where most attendees are employed coding them. There are college courses on them. They are specified clearly enough to make a new implementation, and typically have multiple implementations. Multiple important products are written in them. Users get calls from recruiters inviting them to do it elsewhere. Rust will get all this if it lasts.