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Wilfred Hughes

Oct 26, 2022 at 22:58

Contrasting a Rust specification (being worked on) with a Rust ISO standard (which may not work as well as the existing RFC process), and backward compatibility promises: https://blog.m-ou.se/rust-standard/ (The entire Rust ecosystem is run against new rustc versions surprisingly often too)

Do we need a "Rust Standard"?

Languages like C and C++ are standardized. They are fully specified in an internationally recognized standards document. Languages like Python, Swift and Rust do not have such a standards document. Should Rust be standardized? Why, or why not? In this blog post, I try to explain why I do think we need an accurate specification, why I do not think we need “standardization” (depending on your definition), and give an overview of the current state of Rust’s stability and specification efforts.