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ape4
on March 19, 2016
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Redox – A Unix-Like Operating System Written in Ru...
Not that it matters... Apparently rust-lang is named after the rust fungus not the chemical reaction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_%28programming_language%2...
kibwen
on March 19, 2016
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That hasn't stopped anyone from naming tons of Rust libraries after elements and chemistry terms, just like the true etymology of "Python" hasn't stopped people from naming things after snakes. :P
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