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Add "Why is it named 'Rust'?" to Project FAQ #14896
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Based upon the recent Reddit thread, this acknowledges our fungal origins and hopefully resolves issue #14727.
I don't know what you mean by "subsequences" here. |
Thanks for the feedback. I used "subsequence" where the original explanation had "substring", intending to mean a sequence of characters that can be derived from another sequence by deleting some of the characters. (I believe "rust" is a subsequence of "robust" but not a substring, because "r", "u", "s" and "t" are blocked by "ob".) Does the following sound clearer?
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@dhodder I think that line should just be deleted. |
OK, I've deleted it. r?
I'm not sure I want to try to answer this. There really isn't a good answer and the post-hoc justifications are just that. If we do try to answer this, I don't want the answer to contain references to fungus or browser chrome: the 'imagery of well-worn tooling' is the closest I've heard to a 'good' answer. |
Also, nobody knowing what 'Rust' means adds some sort of mystique (though the continual questions about what it means get annoying). |
My favorite answer to this question might be one that just raises more questions. |
I like the idea of there being no single answer to this question. Down with the notion of binary truth! 😉 |
Given the lack of consensus then I guess we should close issue #14727 and this PR. Allusive references to well-worn tooling might be better within other documentation rather than something definitive in nature like a FAQ. Thanks all. |
Based upon the recent Reddit thread, this acknowledges our fungal
origins and hopefully resolves issue #14727.