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To be clear, Graydon doesn't work on Rust anymore, and hasn't in years. His knowledge of the space is absolutely impressive, though. :)

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Only inaccuracy I find is in his claim on safe concurrency in other languages. It existed in Concurrent Pascal (used in Solo OS), Ravenscar Ada (widely deployed), and Eiffel SCOOP (widely deployed). Rust isn't the first doing this. It's just apparently the best at it in system space. Ada camp is making a comeback, though, with ParaSail that looks interesting:

http://www.embedded.com/design/other/4375616/ParaSail--Less-...

ParaSail development looks stalled since its main designer joined AdaCore.

Just my impression, anyone feel free to correct me.

Yes, I've not seen a Napier reference in years. Really impressed to have seen that.

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