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well Google's using all three in different ways... and another trend on prog. langs: they're becoming more and more similar feature-wise (eg. pattern matching)

• yannoninator 6y ago
  > well Google's using all three in different ways... So that justifies giving them a seat at the board of directors and not just a sponsorship? Apple and Facebook both use Rust but I don't see anything about them being on the board (at least Facebook for now), the least I expect is sponsorship.
  • ta988 6y ago
    Google contributes a lot to Kotlin though. So they are not just sponsors.
    • yannoninator 6y ago
      Interesting perspective, so just like Rust then? Seems like Google can just buy board seats then.
      • ta988 6y ago
        If you mean by dedicating workforce (which costs money, and a lot for them because of their salaries policies) they are buying a seat? Yes. The same way a major contributor (not just code, but doc, funding, community building...) to a FOSS project often has more power on the decisions than users. Now I would be unhappy to see a company that just pours millions in a project, gets to take decisions but doesn't do anything else to make the project better. But I don't believe that's the case here.
        • yannoninator 6y ago
          You can do all of this without getting a board seat. It seems we are all OK with allowing this to happen, but we shall see.
  • dieortin 6y ago
    I’m curious, what does Apple use Rust for?
    • steveklabnik 6y ago
      They were hiring for their storage and networking groups, but that’s all we know.
  • chuckSu 6y ago
    We get it... you hate google