I'm actually surprised there is no specification. It's how I thought languages were written: spec first, implementation later. Do RFCs serve this purpose?

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[–] snaggen 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That requires a complete picture and all possible use cases from the start. Initially when a language is new and hardly used there are much to benefit from flexibility and trying new concepts. Then as the language matures, a more formal process is needed to ensure stability. There is a reason these discussions comes now, since rust is in a very stable phase.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

There might also just not be a single spec because the information is spread out over RFCs instead of being collected in a central location.

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