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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It's worse than that. Rust is named after a Fungal infection known for being unstoppable.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus)

[–] morto@piefed.social 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 5 points 4 days ago

Because unstoppable 🦀

spoilerBut I guess it was a joke here