Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?

From	cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++
Subject	Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?
Date	2025-03-12 09:09 +0000
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
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In article <vqr2in$2ek3p$2@dont-email.me>,
Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 3/11/2025 5:31 PM, Dan Cross wrote:
>> In article <vqq6gn$25i2t$1@dont-email.me>,
>> Lynn McGuire  <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 3/10/2025 6:46 AM, Dan Cross wrote:
>>>> [Note: Followup-To: set to news.groups.proposals]
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to open informal discussion around possibly creating a
>>>> new newsgroup, comp.lang.rust, for discussion of the Rust
>>>> programming language (https://rust-lang.org/).  Rust is a
>>>> compiled, type- and memory- safe language that has been in open
>>>> development since 2010, and is rapidly gaining adoption in
>>>> industry and research.  It often comes up in discussions related
>>>> to C and C++, but no existing group is dedicated to it.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> There is a newsgroup for rust already, alt.comp.lang.rust, that is not
>>> very active at all.
>> 
>> Hmm, I didn't know about that until it came up in this
>> discussion: my provider doesn't seem to carry it.
>> 
>>> The reddit rust group is fairly active comparatively.
>>>     https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/
>> 
>> It is.  That, and Zulip, are the main ways that folks in the
>> community communicate.  Neither is USENET, however.
>
>News.eternal-september.org carries the alt.* groups.

That's only one, of many, servers and not everyone uses it; I
don't, for example.  And as I said, my provider doesn't carry
that group, despite carrying some of alt.*.

It occurs to me that the existence of alt groups for similar
topics is a weak reason not to create a big 8 group, because of
the more limited reach.

	- Dan C.

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Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-10 07:46 -0400
  Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2025-03-10 13:12 +0000
    Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-10 14:32 +0000
      Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-03-10 14:54 +0000
        Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-10 17:35 -0400
      Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2025-03-10 15:23 +0000
        Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-10 15:42 +0000
          Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-03-10 17:55 +0200
          Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-03-10 10:17 -0700
            Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-10 18:33 +0000
          Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-03-10 19:23 +0100
            Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-10 18:32 +0000
          Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-03-10 19:05 +0000
            Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-10 19:11 +0000
              Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-03-10 19:22 +0000
                Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-10 19:26 +0000
          Re: Topicality (Was: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2025-03-10 19:54 +0000
          Re: Topicality Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-03-10 18:34 -0700
  Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-03-10 17:35 -0400
  Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2025-03-11 15:30 -0500
    Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2025-03-11 15:33 -0500
    Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-03-11 21:56 +0000
    Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-11 22:31 +0000
      Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2025-03-11 23:29 -0500
        Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2025-03-12 09:09 +0000
          Re: Informal discussion: comp.lang.rust? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2025-03-12 15:50 -0500

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