[…] this is also a (justified) dig at GHC Haskell.
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…but haven’t you heard: Glasgol GHC 2021 has been “released” - the “most common” extensions will be enabled by default! Why bother with language standards when there’s only one mainstream implementation?
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There used to be one mainstream F/OSS C compiler - gcc;
then clang arrived… -
…now there’s an organised effort underway to add Rust to the pantheon of languages supported by GCC (the compiler collection) - traits and all!
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After they’ve sharpened their claws on Rust, could another single-implementation language (with certain similarities to Rust) draw the attention of this or another group of GCC developers?
Only time will tell…