I agree as well, but Rust first appeared some time in 2010. To contrast it with another popular language that rust is ironically pitted against for some reason,

I agree as well, but Rust first appeared some time in 2010. To contrast it with another popular language that rust is ironically pitted against for some reason, Go, which was released in November 2009, managed to be released with a formal specification that they validate against multiple implementations (thanks to Ian Lance Taylor, primarily), and a 1.0 compatibility promise.