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		nobleach on Jan 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A half-hour to learn Rust As was explained to me, Rust has heritage from OCaml. If one squints, they can even see it still beneath the surface. I hear the original compiler was even written in OCaml.

steveklabnik on Jan 2, 2021 [–]

Yes, especially amongst the earliest folks, there was a lot of OCaml, and the original compiler was, yes.

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