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I flicked through the GitHub and website.

Is crablang a fork of Rust? Is Rust a plant fungus?

Edit: yes and apparently yes.

They take great lengths not to name rust which is interesting for a fork.

I believe the fork was created in response to a draft of a new trademark policy released by the Rust Foundation which included some portions about where the word “rust” could be used, so they are going out of their way to avoid using the word in order to prove a point.

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