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steveklabnik
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OCaml's usually what I see cited as the reason for Rust adopting the syntax.
mcguire
on June 3, 2017
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... where it's a type variable.
I think we can blame the use for lifetimes entirely on the Rusties.
steveklabnik
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Lifetimes are also types, or more specifically, generic type parameters.
cyphar
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I believe the community name is Rustacean[1].
[1]:
http://www.rustaceans.org/
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