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		sesm 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jonathan Blow has spent the past decade designing ... Rust was created on a Mozilla payroll to provide a C++ alternative with better concurrency support for the purpose of browser engine rewrite. Also, Rust doesn't have a 'creator', the person tasked with leading the project didn't have the authority to make the decisions, see https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/307291.html

mwcz 13 days ago [–]

Rust was a personal project of Graydon's for years before it was sponsored by Mozilla. It's perfectly apt to be included in the parent poster's list.

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