[steveklabnik]

https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/27jvdt/internet_archa... is the primary source here. Quotes:

> <graydon> fungi are amazingly robust

> <graydon> to start, they are distributed organisms. not single cellular, but also no single point of failure.

However, I will note that graydon uses words like "I think I" and "I remember kinda" and everyone says "yes this means this is 100% the source of the name" whereas I take it to be like, "this is one of many reasons that Rust is named Rust."

You also have to remember that Rust was a very different language in many senses back when Graydon was choosing the name, so allusions may not make sense now but may have then. Early Rust was much more erlang-like, which may make the above feel more relevant.