The ret and crust keywords also irk me.
In ye old time Unix tradition, the Rust developers favor extreme brevity. :)
In ye old time Unix tradition, the Rust developers favor extreme brevity. :)
I'd personally have gone with "rustc".
I do seem to remember that the devs were passively soliciting ideas for a better name for this keyword. The great thing about a language at this stage is that if this really bothers you, then you can petition to have it changed!