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by lifthrasiir 3813 days ago
As far as I understand, the length of keywords and common identifiers is roughly proportional to the reciprocal of frequency. `fn` and `pub` are used a lot; `return` is less used (Rust returns the last expression by default); `continue` is even less so, and it's familiar to C/C++ programmers.
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thanks a lot for the info. I can perfectly see the reasoning behind it. Still, i find it harder to read. But as i said, that can be a lack of practice.