> but remember their first impression from a pre-1.0 version
Can confirm, I routinely observe people in the wild dismissing Rust based on the existence of the `@` and `~` sigils, not realizing that we removed those years ago. :P
I dismissed it when I first heard about it (prob just prior to 1.0). I saw "Mozilla" as a primary sponsor and just knee-jerk assumed it was part of the what-if-we-put-JS-here mania.
Thankfully due to repeated popularity on HN I gave it a try and I'm a convert now!
