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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?
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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:32:42 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vqmofm$6r9q$1@news.xmission.com>,
Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
>In article <vqmi1p$f1f$1@reader1.panix.com>,
>Dan Cross <cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>>[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?
>
>Keith will tell you that it is off-topic here.

Topicality is part of the reason the Big-8 guidance for
introducing these discussions recommends cross-posting to groups
where the topic comes up semi-regularly, but setting follow ups
to news.groups.proposals, as I had done, and have done again
here.  ;-)

	- Dan C.