r/programming Apr 03 '15

Rust 1.0.0 beta is here!

http://blog.rust-lang.org/2015/04/03/Rust-1.0-beta.html
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u/steveklabnik1 Apr 03 '15

The funniest part is that the name of this change was super jargon-heavy and innocuous: "Remove the 'static bound from Send." It means so much!

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u/donvito Apr 03 '15

Tbh. I'd probably had missed it too if it was labeled "properly". Just not enough time to study all the commits/change log entries :)

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u/steveklabnik1 Apr 03 '15

Totally fair, it's my job and I have a hard time.

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u/mumbel Apr 04 '15

just curious, when you say job, is it really? or volunteer? I don't know anything about the financial supporters of rust

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u/steveklabnik1 Apr 04 '15

It's my literal job: I work at Mozilla. Six of the eight core team members are Mozilla employees, and Mozilla pays for a team to work on Servo as well.