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As much as I appreciate what Microsoft is doing here, your NIH praise is not entirely well targeted - look at this research project from Microsoft, which aims to build a slightly different Rust. https://github.com/microsoft/verona

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How is a research proof of NIH? I guess C++ or Java should never have existed because how dare another programming language use that "OOP" concept Smalltalk popularized

That's not at all a point I'm making. OP praised Microsoft for embracing Rust and making it work well on Windows and thanked them for not doing their own thing and instead supporting an existing project. So I'm just pointing out to a very recent endeavour that goes against all of that. I just enjoyed the irony of it all, that's it.

Not saying anything about anything else.

I think you're confusing Microsoft Research with Microsoft more broadly. A language research division (MSR does more than this, but they do this) is going to produce languages, that's their job. They often aren't trying to make a language that folks will use, but are instead exploring possibilities that end up improving other languages. Verona (and it is far too early to tell, IMHO) may end up in fact improving Rust. At the same time, Microsoft can and does support Rust, both as an organization on their own and indirectly via GitHub. These two things aren't in conflict, especially when you're talking about an organization as big as Microsoft is.

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