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I think a lot of it is that there was pent-up demand for a language like Rust. Rust feels like the language that in 1990 I was promised I would have in the yea
by mjw1007 3y ago
I think a lot of it is that there was pent-up demand for a language like Rust.
Rust feels like the language that in 1990 I was promised I would have in the year 2000.
- ekidd 3y agoOne of my more cherished scraps of notes dates from the 90s, when I tried (and miserably failed) to invent something much like Rust. I've been waiting a long time for a language that's fast, safe and allows me to dabble in functional-style programming.
- pjmlp 3y agoDuring those days I was quite happy with Turbo Pascal and Turbo Vision,... At least Pascal syntax is fashionable again, across all newer languages.