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The phrase "X is a Russian clone of Y" means someone in Russia made a clone of Y called X. It has everything to do with the country. So yes, saying "Rust is an

The phrase "X is a Russian clone of Y" means someone in Russia made a clone of Y called X. It has everything to do with the country. So yes, saying "Rust is an American clone of Pony" would be equally valid, if the assertion is that Rust is a clone of Pony, and if the people who made Rust were in America at the time. What you should be annoyed by is not the "Russian" part but the "clone" part.

parineum 4y ago
The "[Country] clone of [technology]" only really works if said technology is cloned by or for the state. If a Russian copies some code of an American, it's not a Russian clone of American code, it's just a guy copying another guy.
- Arnavion 4y ago
  >The "[Country] clone of [technology]" only really works if said technology is cloned by or for the state. No it does not. It gets used for technology created by companies as well. Random first-page-of-Google results for "American clone of": >An all-American clone of an app like TikTok is little better than the Chinese version imo. >Production cost of a hypothetical American clone of basic ETA [...] if an American company wants to make a genuine fully American-made automatic watch, it's certainly possible for them to make a clone ETA >An American Clone of the GPS-PHONE found! >What is the value of a nasa entertainment computer system ( nes clone) [...] From what I know it’s some kind of american clone of the Nintendo Nes Console.
  - parineum 4y ago
    > Random first-page-of-Google results for "American clone of": Weird, when you search for a phrase on google you get results filled with that phrase!
    - Arnavion 4y ago
      I don't expect to google "kittens" to be able to learn how "American clone of" is generally used. Do you?
    - sk0g 4y ago
      > The "[Country] clone of [technology]" only really works if said technology is cloned by or for the state. This is your claim, which doesn't seem to apply when the results, IE actual usages of the term, do not have to do anything with state effort or funding. Of course they searched for that term. Usually you search for things you are looking for, unless I'm missing something.
- coliveira 4y ago
  There is no such thing as "American" code. Code is universal, America and code are orthogonal concepts.
tomxor 4y ago
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- collegeburner 4y ago
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parineum 4y ago

The "[Country] clone of [technology]" only really works if said technology is cloned by or for the state. If a Russian copies some code of an American, it's not a Russian clone of American code, it's just a guy copying another guy.

Arnavion 4y ago
>The "[Country] clone of [technology]" only really works if said technology is cloned by or for the state. No it does not. It gets used for technology created by companies as well. Random first-page-of-Google results for "American clone of": >An all-American clone of an app like TikTok is little better than the Chinese version imo. >Production cost of a hypothetical American clone of basic ETA [...] if an American company wants to make a genuine fully American-made automatic watch, it's certainly possible for them to make a clone ETA >An American Clone of the GPS-PHONE found! >What is the value of a nasa entertainment computer system ( nes clone) [...] From what I know it’s some kind of american clone of the Nintendo Nes Console.
- parineum 4y ago
  > Random first-page-of-Google results for "American clone of": Weird, when you search for a phrase on google you get results filled with that phrase!
  - Arnavion 4y ago
    I don't expect to google "kittens" to be able to learn how "American clone of" is generally used. Do you?
  - sk0g 4y ago
    > The "[Country] clone of [technology]" only really works if said technology is cloned by or for the state. This is your claim, which doesn't seem to apply when the results, IE actual usages of the term, do not have to do anything with state effort or funding. Of course they searched for that term. Usually you search for things you are looking for, unless I'm missing something.
coliveira 4y ago
There is no such thing as "American" code. Code is universal, America and code are orthogonal concepts.

tomxor 4y ago

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collegeburner 4y ago
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