Java took an approach with one set of trade-offs. Each approach has its pros and cons. > It's less difficult (though still far from easy) to handle name squat

Java took an approach with one set of trade-offs. Each approach has its pros and cons. > It's less difficult (though still far from easy) to handle name squatting on organization/corporate names as qualifiers for packages than to try and prevent name squatting on package names. I do think Rust will get some form of namespaces, but it'll be quite a bit less powerful than what most proponents of namespaces want. There's been a bit of a disagreement (IIRC) about what a namespace signifies (would signify) in the Rust ecosystem. Edit: I will say, it has been quite the contentious and has been re-hashed ad-naseum. For anyone interested in reliving arguments, search for "namespace" on https://internals.rust-lang.org https://internals.rust-lang.org - There will be a good half-dozen results to read through, though there is a fair bit of re-hashing and talking past each other.