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What proportion of programmers/projects are (a) so risk averse/untrusting that they are unwilling to update their compiler to the latest version, but (b) want t

• est31 6y ago
  Again, that's how the default development workflow with rust, which uses cargo, works. Including the cargo that's packaged by debian.
  • tene 6y ago
    I think you'll find that using an old Rust from Debian is not the default development workflow for most Rust users: https://blog.rust-lang.org/images/2020-12-rust-survey-2020/rust-versions.svg https://blog.rust-lang.org/images/2020-12-rust-survey-2020/r...
  • StavrosK 6y ago
    Hmm, what language lets you use new libraries with old compilers? The only ones I can think of are languages that have stopped being developed, because as soon one of your dependencies uses a new feature, you're done. I'm just not sure how what you're describing would work.