Announcing Rust 1.0
I would like to take this opportunity to formally apologize to the HN community for that time back in early 2012 when I predicted that Rust 1.0 would be released "in about six months or so", and later proceeded to proudly proclaim that 0.4 would be the last release with major breaking changes to the syntax. I hope you all can find it in your hearts to forgive me. :) But at long last, we did it, and it's almost too good to believe.But as much work as it's been just to get to this point, the real struggle begins today. Months and years of brutal campaigning, compiler engineering, and careful language design lie ahead. If you've yet to take a look at Rust, please do, and report your findings so that we can better prioritize our efforts for the near future. If you like what you see, there's plenty of work to go around and a welcoming community should you decide to dig in and join us. And if you don't like what you see, that's fine too; Rust is not the language to end all languages! We're just here to make the world a little safer, however we can. Hopefully today is but the first page in that story. :)