> Rust however, is more correctly viewed as (primarily) a descendant of ML languages, which all possess the properties the articles lists as derived from Haskel

> Rust however, is more correctly viewed as (primarily) a descendant of ML languages, which all possess the properties the articles lists as derived from Haskell. Why would that be more correct? Would Rust have these features if they were not popularized by Haskell? I don't know the answer, but it seems like discussing which language some feature was taken, when more than one contemporary language has it, is a kind of meaningless pedantry.