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Graydon Hoare

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Popular posts: 16
Total points: 5,184
HN comments: 3,426
Rank: #205 personal

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Software Engineering 13 Programming Languages 9 Life, Learning & Writing 4 History & Retro Computing 2 Society, Policy & Culture 1 Open Source 1

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The Rust I wanted had no future

2023868 points508 commentscited by 15Programming Languages details

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Always Bet on Text (2014)

2021570 points715 commentscited by 15Life, Learning & Writing details

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Rust is mostly safety

2016487 points458 commentscited by 4Programming Languages details

4

“What next?”

2017461 points272 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

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Rust 2019 and beyond: limits to some growth

2018429 points231 comments Programming Languages details

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Things Rust shipped without

2015408 points316 comments Programming Languages details

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Some notes on Rust, mutable aliasing and formal verification

2024357 points145 comments Programming Languages details

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Swift – observations from Rust’s original designer

2014344 points84 comments Programming Languages details

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A Note on Fil-C

2025241 points210 comments Programming Languages details

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Let maintainers be maintainers

2023187 points58 comments Open Source details

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The PERQ Computer

2024183 points102 comments History & Retro Computing details

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Always bet on text (2014)

2015156 points69 comments Life, Learning & Writing details

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Retrobootstrapping Rust for some reason

2025142 points51 comments Programming Languages details

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Losing language features: some stories about disjoint unions

2025119 points74 comments Programming Languages details

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Batten Down Fix Later

2023117 points40 comments Software Engineering details

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Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

2026115 points93 comments History & Retro Computing details