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You just (accidentally, no doubt!) well-actually’d someone who helped build Rust and has been invoked in it since long before 1.0. ;-p He’s aware of the directi
by chriskrycho 4y ago
You just (accidentally, no doubt!) well-actually’d someone who helped build Rust and has been invoked in it since long before 1.0. ;-p He’s aware of the direction of influence and was just saying they’re similar, not saying one influenced the other.
- pcwalton 4y agoNo worries, it's my fault for not being clear. The absolute last thing I want to do is to take credit for things we didn't do. Rust wouldn't exist without that academic work by Tofte, Talpin, Grossman, etc.
- throwaway17_17 4y agoI said it in my sibling comment above, but to be clear, I was well aware you almost certainly knew Cyclone’s general age. I don’t want you to think I was implying or hinting anything near taking or denying credit.
- throwaway17_17 4y agoI’m aware of pcwalton’s involvement in Rust. So it wasn’t accidental in any way. It was however slightly tongue-in-cheek, but I probably could have used a /s to indicate it wasn’t an attempt to score ‘I’m smart points’. I was also very aware that, despite anything else, they were almost certain to be aware of which came first. I may take serious issue with pcwalton’s assessment of the performance characteristics of OS threads vs other concurrency implementations, but fun HN arguments aside; I have never seen or heard of any lack of acknowledgement of preceding language/implementation work leading to Rust’s development. So I certainly wasnt attempting to imply any stealing or denial of credit/attribution.