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	Firefox 48 ships, bringing Rust mainstream and multiprocess for some (arstechnica.com)
	4 points by jerryhuang100 3607 days ago

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jerryhuang100 3607 days ago

my only problem with this post is that it's showing a red panda as a fox.

smt88 3607 days ago

According to Wikipedia[1], "firefox" is an alternate name for either a red panda or red fox. Also according to Wikipedia[2], a (now-removed) FAQ[3] from Mozilla itself says that the browser is named after the red panda. Other pages on Mozilla's website seem to support the idea that the name comes from the red panda[4].

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_(disambiguation)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox#Trademark_and_logo

3. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/projects/firefox/firefox-name-...

4. https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&q=red+panda+site%3...