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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 22:31:43 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vqq6gn$25i2t$1@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 3/10/2025 6:46 AM, Dan Cross 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?
>
>There is a newsgroup for rust already, alt.comp.lang.rust, that is not 
>very active at all.

Hmm, I didn't know about that until it came up in this
discussion: my provider doesn't seem to carry it.

> The reddit rust group is fairly active comparatively.
>    https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/

It is.  That, and Zulip, are the main ways that folks in the
community communicate.  Neither is USENET, however.

	- Dan C.