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  1. Found the list of windows bugs after a bit of searching: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues?direction=desc&labels... Seems like there are a few straightforward "fixables" in there.
    comment by shadowfox · 2013-07-03 · in Rust 0.7 Released
  2. The "detailed release notes" page: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-detailed-release-no... (it's actually shorter this time than the brief release notes, amusingly). The most exciting user-visible change this time around is almost…
    comment by kibwen · 2013-07-03 · in Rust 0.7 Released
  3. Thank you. For those interested in the original FAQ( https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-language-FAQ ) and hence my reason for asking... "Does it run on Windows? Yes. All development happens in lock-step on all 3 target platforms.…
    comment by DASD · 2013-07-03 · in Rust 0.7 Released
  4. It is the intention to support MSVC: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/1768
    comment by asb · 2013-07-03 · in Rust 0.7 Released
  5. With the contribution from samsung, one can also write Rust programs for android. https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-building-for-androi...
    comment by z3phyr · 2013-06-30 · in Write Android apps in Google Go
  6. Have done. Here are the ones I found in 300 loc. https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/6699 https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/6698 Don't get me wrong. I'm super excited to learn rust once it stabilizes. But right now I don't spend…
    comment by jamesaguilar · 2013-05-26 · in Rustboot: a 32 bit kernel written in Rust
  7. You should open up issues for those: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues There's no reason for an internal compiler error, especially in a language with safety as its focus.
    comment by steveklabnik · 2013-05-26 · in Rustboot: a 32 bit kernel written in Rust
  8. …and the GC-in-Rust is almost complete[2] (as far as I understand it). [1]: Work in progress: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/tree/incoming/src/libstd/rt [2]: https://github.com/graydon/rust/tree/gc
    comment by dbaupp · 2013-05-26 · in Zero.rs: runtime-less Rust programs
  9. …assembly is available. Language constructs allow for deterministic memory allocation patters. https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/5317
    comment by dietrichepp · 2013-05-26 · in Zero.rs: runtime-less Rust programs
  10. …Pepper API if you wanted stuff like GC, I/O, and threads (which most Rust programs will want). [1]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/master/src/librustc/mid...
    comment by pcwalton · 2013-05-18 · in Google Introduces Portable Native Client
  11. …vein as the Parallel JS (River Trail) work. There is a prototype of the ideas in the par module: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/incoming/src/libstd/par... Rust's type system is designed to enable safe parallel computation. The idea…
    comment by pcwalton · 2013-05-15 · in Parallelism and concurrency need different tools
  12. …unavailable or somewhat restricted (i.e. mapping tasks to OS threads rather than green threads). https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/3608 Writing the Go runtime in Go would require the similar ability to do without all the services that…
    comment by kibwen · 2013-05-14 · in Why Go?
  13. …illa.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2013-April/00342... There also seems to be some work on SIMD extensions - https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/6214
    comment by ch_123 · 2013-05-11 · in Type-safe tagged unions in the D programming language
  14. …effort to remove them from the code base, e.g. the example you give has been removed already: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/incoming/src/librustc/m... (along with most of the modes from the whole source tree, a big patch landed just…
    comment by dbaupp · 2013-04-25 · in A taste of Rust
  15. …in Rust (@foo, ~foo, &foo, *foo), 'foo for lifetimes and $foo for macro arguments, but WTH is +foo? https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/master/src/librustc/mid... I haven't seen this in the documentation.
    comment by MaxSize · 2013-04-25 · in A taste of Rust
  16. …stop gap measure, you can grep the source of the libc module[1], extremely non-optimal though. [1]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/incoming/src/libcore/li...
    comment by dbaupp · 2013-04-19 · in Performance of sequential Rust programs
  17. …a module and all its submodules should go on one page in the docs. Thanks for the bug report! [1]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/3537 [2]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/5952
    comment by pcwalton · 2013-04-19 · in Performance of sequential Rust programs
  18. > We're working on a general style guide here: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-style-guide* Better than that would be a goftm like tool, that applies the style guide. People (including me) love that about Go. (I've actually never…
    comment by coldtea · 2013-04-12 · in Quake 3 engine in Rust
  19. …so long. Parts of it haven't been touched in a while. We're working on a general style guide here: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-style-guide
    comment by steveklabnik · 2013-04-12 · in Quake 3 engine in Rust
  20. …Sometimes I have a hard time convincing myself people don't post troll comments on HN. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/master/src/libsyntax/pa...
    comment by 4ad · 2013-04-06 · in Performance of Rust and Dart in Sudoku Solving
  21. …who found that post illuminating may also enjoy this general "Rust for C++ programmers" reference: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Rust-for-CXX-programmer...
    comment by kibwen · 2013-04-03 · in Rust 0.6 Released
  22. …anticipated language-level changes are > complete in this version I'm quite excited about this. 1: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-detailed-release-no...
    comment by steveklabnik · 2013-04-03 · in Rust 0.6 Released
  23. Recently the biggest breaking changes have been a large amount of syntax removed from the language: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/4707 But, as far as I understand, the goal is to not change the syntax much from now, and actually…
    comment by dbaupp · 2013-04-03 · in Rust 0.6 Released
  24. …years ago. I'm still looking forward to doing something in Rust when it's production-ready. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/incoming/src/libstd/get...
    comment by lobster_johnson · 2013-04-02 · in Rust 0.6 RC is out
  25. …in the Rust source code, but I'm not aware of any comprehensive number for these benchmarks. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/rust/tree/master/src/test/bench
    comment by lifthrasiir · 2013-03-31 · in Rust 0.6 RC is out
  26. You can find the list of changes here: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/incoming/RELEASES.txt
    comment by steveklabnik · 2013-03-31 · in Rust 0.6 RC is out
  27. The Rust team agrees: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-language-FAQ (control-f for 'this Google language')
    comment by steveklabnik · 2013-03-12 · in How We Went from 30 Servers to 2: Go
  28. …and runtime is written in Rust itself, so the runtime may be able to be loaded dynamically. https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/3608
    comment by cpeterso · 2013-03-03 · in Multi-Device C++ is used everywhere on planet Earth and beyond
  29. …written in their experimental new language, rust[2]. [1]: https://github.com/mozilla/servo [2]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust
    comment by aeosynth · 2013-02-17 · in Browser Wars, the game
  30. Getting less complex all the time, thankfully: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/4707
    comment by kibwen · 2013-02-16 · in Why All Browsers Should Move to WebKit
  31. …though Rust will be moving away from make and friends entirely once the new rustpkg tool is merged: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/pull/4610 Independence from external build tools is one of the coolest features of Go, so I'm really…
    comment by kibwen · 2013-02-09 · in Show HN: An NES emulator written in Rust
  32. …I'm looking forward to the day when we can run Rust directly in a browser via Emscripten: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/2235
    comment by kibwen · 2012-12-24 · in Rust 0.5 released
  33. …even released yet) being capable of being called from C. It's a feature they are actively work on: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/1732
    comment by pretoriusB · 2012-12-23 · in The state of low-level system programming
  34. …to function. Both projects also have issues in their bug trackers to rectify this: Rust issue: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/3608 Go issue: http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=2790 I wonder who will get there first.
    comment by bluehex · 2012-12-23 · in The state of low-level system programming
  35. …This applies to things other than strings I guess, but strings seem like a good example. [1]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/master/src/libcore/str....
    comment by Direct · 2012-12-21 · in Rust 0.5 released
  36. Github still seems to show tags on the releases: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/tags
    comment by nightpool · 2012-12-21 · in Rust 0.5 released
  37. …is wrong for Rust. It already allows for that, specifically calling Rust from C (and vice versa): https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/1732 Not that is a compelling argument even if it was right. There are lots of ways to make bridges to…
    comment by pretoriusB · 2012-12-04 · in Why Rust and Go are both dead-end languages ...
  38. …point is to explore ideas. There is no plan to incorporate any Rust-based technology into Firefox. https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-project-FAQ
    comment by fusiongyro · 2012-11-19 · in A list of systems, applications, and libraries that are written in C++
  39. …layer) are entirely written in bare Rust, with no C++ at all. They use atomic operations: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/blob/master/src/libcore/pipe... Other interesting parts of the runtime that are built using Rust are task spawning…
    comment by pcwalton · 2012-10-24 · in C++ and Beyond 2011: Herb Sutter - Why C++? (video)
  40. …a.org/pipermail/rust-dev/2012-July/002094... An example github issue discussing problems encountered: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/1105
    comment by doublec · 2012-10-16 · in Rust 0.4 released
  41. …the mailing list[2] or #rust on irc.mozilla.org (most active during Californian working hours). [1] https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues [2] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
    comment by kibwen · 2012-10-16 · in Rust 0.4 released
  42. …as a high priority[1] for 0.5, which is tentatively scheduled for sometime around year's end). [1] https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-0.5-priorities EDIT: Oh, and here's a direct link to the detailed release notes rather than the…
    comment by kibwen · 2012-10-15 · in Rust 0.4 released
  43. changes: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-detailed-release-no...
    comment by stalled · 2012-10-04 · in Rust 0.4 call for testing
  44. …for over a decade, with a half-dozen implementations in various stages of completion.) [1] https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-development-roadma...
    comment by mbrubeck · 2012-09-26 · in Why I think Rust is the "language of the future" for systems programming
  45. …I've already aired this topic on github, so maybe that might be a good place to discuss it: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues/2961 I don't want to cause a fuss. While Rust might not work for my needs/wants/desires, that's ok. I highly…
    comment by bjz · 2012-07-25 · in Go at SoundCloud
  46. Please file an issue regarding the build problem if you get the time on our issue tracker: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/issues We're trying to iron out all of these issues.
    comment by pcwalton · 2012-07-13 · in Rust 0.3 released
  47. …FAQ[2]. And, I think the answer is no, Mozilla doesn't do any production-ready work with Rust. [1]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-project-FAQ [2]: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-language-FAQ
    comment by dbaupp · 2012-07-13 · in Rust 0.3 released
  48. …) edit: Rust has a nice decentralized package manager as well called Cargo https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-using-cargo-to-mana... ) Pretty nice.
    comment by sandGorgon · 2012-07-13 · in Rust 0.3 released
  49. I also recommend the development roadmap: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Note-development-roadma...
    comment by kibwen · 2012-07-12 · in Rust 0.3 released
  50. Detailed release notes: https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-detailed-release-no... Download tarballs/docs/etc: http://www.rust-lang.org/
    comment by eslaught · 2012-07-12 · in Rust 0.3 released