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Except "rust" in rust isn't about iron oxidation, but rather a fungi [0] [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/27jvdt/internet_archaeology_the_definitive_

• sgu999 2y ago
  Doesn't seem that final in that extract. > <graydon> > A little. Also big metallic things. And rusts and smuts, fungi. And it's a > <graydon> > nice substring of "robust". > <graydon> IOW I don't have a really good explanation. it seemed like a good name. (also a substring of "trust", "frustrating", "rustic" and ... "thrust"?) > <graydon> but then everyone thinks it's a pun on "chrome" so maybe we should stick with that And given that now all the lore around it is about oxidation, I guess that's what stuck? These old IRC dumps make me nostalgic instantaneously. There was a time not that long ago when we were still mostly fine with plain text for complex communications.
  • tambourine_man 2y ago
    > … mostly fine with plain text for complex communications Like on this very website? :)
  • cornstalks 2y ago
    I think you missed one of the more important lines: > I think I named it after fungi. rusts are amazing creatures. Sure, there’s room for doubt, but not that much room.