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Somewhat off-topic but I recently learned that people in the rust community call themselves rustaceans. I don't know the origin of that, but seems like a missed
by ahelwer 5y ago
Somewhat off-topic but I recently learned that people in the rust community call themselves rustaceans. I don't know the origin of that, but seems like a missed opportunity to call themselves rustlers: the old name for people who steal cattle, or rather - borrow cows :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_raiding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_raiding
https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/borrow/enum.Cow.html https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/borrow/enum.Cow.html
- medstrom 5y agoOxygens. Because, it makes rust.
- gdsdfe 5y agoA missed opportunity to be called a thief?
- iudqnolq 5y agoIt's a pun on crustacean. I think it might be by the same person as ferris? https://www.aldeka.net/ https://www.aldeka.net/
- steveklabnik 5y agoAs I remember it, the name "rustacean" came first, and then Karen created Ferris in response. I could be wrong though, my memory is poor, and I don't have a citation either way. One thing about this time was that some folks wanted "Rustafarian" but there were good arguments to not do that, and people moved away from it.