The OP mentions in passing that Brendan Eich "was solidly on team Rust" prior to leaving Mozilla, but adds no further details to that intriguing statement. Wouldn't that make Eich the Most Unrecognized Contributor? I don't think his name would be on any commit repo, after all.
I understood that point as relating more to management than technical contribution - that the support of people like Eich was imperative to keep the project funded, and as key supporters left the project became more susceptible to cancellation.
Thanks for digging this up. Honestly I was doing more for SpiderMonkey than for Rust at code level, but at exec sponsor level, it was me and only me. HTH
Having sat next to / worked with a lot of the rust core people (and Eich) I think while his support was important, that doesn't make him more important/pivotal than people like Dave Herman
It’s cool to erase me, no problem. Inconvenient facts: I hired Dave, as well as (not as hiring manager but by influence) Graydon. Also I’m cofounder of Mozilla Research and C-level advocate for grad student internships. I’m not taking more credit than them, I want less! But don’t erase sr. management or give anyone else at that level undue credit. It was a team effort, but while there is no “I” in team, there is no budget without C level sponsor.
>I don't think his name would be on any commit repo, after all.
Not only his name is on the Rust commit repo, he's also in the list of top 10 commiters the article features as an early Rust development example (although for just 6 commits or so).
