Rust turns 10: How a broken elevator changed software forever

Rust 1.0 shipped in May 2015. Here's how it came about and why it marked a turning point in the world of software development.

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So Hoare, sick of dragging himself up 21 flights of stairs every day, began designing a new computer language. He wanted to create a small, fast programming language without the potential for memory bugs.

Dude figured it'd work better to invent a new language than to fix the bugs in the software: gigachad move