> I don't think Rust was ever intended to be primarily a research language. Indeed, Graydon chose the name "Rust" specifically because he wanted to avoid cutti

> I don't think Rust was ever intended to be primarily a research language. Indeed, Graydon chose the name "Rust" specifically because he wanted to avoid cutting-edge language features in favour of old, well-tested ones. (Reasonable people could disagree whether the 1.0 language meets that goal, but it was a goal.)