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IshKebabyesterday at 9:43 AM3 repliesview on HN

Really? What do you think comes from Ruby? Rust mostly seems to be inspired by ML and C++.

Actually I just checked the "official" list and they only list the closure syntax which seems pretty minor:

https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/influences.html


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jaggederestyesterday at 4:15 PM

Iterator style, chaining, traits, blocks all feel very rubyesque, and expression syntax as well, plus the cargo toolchain is very bundler-informed.

littlestymaaryesterday at 8:04 PM

A significant portion of the prominent community members come from Ruby so I guess there must be something …

leafario2yesterday at 10:28 AM

Expression orientation

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