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Nov 11, 2019 at 16:32
"The phrase the Rust team members like to use is that they’re trying to make the best 90’s era programming language they can." Thoughtful comparison between Rust and Haskell. https://www.fpcomplete.com/blog/2018/11/haskell-and-rust

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