fzammetti:
Am I the only one that finds highly ironic the naming of something that's supposed to be new and cutting-edge after a substance universally synonymous with old, dilapidated and broken down?
paperelectron:
Rust is as close to the bare metal as you can get.
matthieum: … and I wonder: could the Box be removed if we were able to return traits directly? (for the curious, it's this Future)
seanmonstar: Or, cough impl Future
<c74d> I've gotten the impression that Rust avoids the term "class" altogether lest anyone think more OO-ly
<scott> unfortunately Rust still has a fairly oppressive cast system
The if let construction is a neat thing Rust borrowed from Swift
(perhaps "copied" would be more accurate, or "cloned" depending on your
views on whether ideas have owners).