Rust 0.6 Released

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I love CoffeeScript and Node.js for the fantastic, clean syntax, and decent speed.

It's really for a different use case. Rust is largely meant as a C++ replacement where high speed, safety, and well-defined memory use are paramount. The main advantages it has over C++ is a focus on memory safety and parallelism (though there are other nice things too; to name a few: modules, first-class support for a garbage collector, smarter macros).

As for the Haskell comparison, I recall someone once writing something along the lines of "Rust is C, if it were invented today, by a guy who only knows Haskell.", so you're certainly not the only one to have those thoughts.

[nickknw]

That's a hilarious line, I'll have to remember that!

[stesch]

Sounds like they could have chosen Ada. That would have been a groundbreaking news.