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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.programming
Subject: Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:14:01 -0700
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cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:

> [Note:  Followup-To: set to news.groups.proposals]
>
> I'd like to open informal discussion around possibly creating a
> new newsgroup, comp.lang.rust, for discussion of the Rust
> programming language (https://rust-lang.org/).  Rust is a
> compiled, type- and memory- safe language that has been in open
> development since 2010, and is rapidly gaining adoption in
> industry and research.  It often comes up in discussions related
> to C and C++, but no existing group is dedicated to it.
>
> Thoughts?

I am in favor of creating comp.lang.rust, and hereby
officially give Dan Cross my proxy in any voting.

If comp.lang.rust is created, I expect I will at least
try reading it for a while.  I have had a longstanding
interest in learning rust, and have been frustated by
how horrible the existing explanatory materials are.