On: GNU Shepherd

[steveklabnik]

OCaml's usually what I see cited as the reason for Rust adopting the syntax.

[mcguire → steveklabnik]

... where it's a type variable.

I think we can blame the use for lifetimes entirely on the Rusties.

[steveklabnik → mcguire]

Lifetimes are also types, or more specifically, generic type parameters.

[cyphar → mcguire]

I believe the community name is Rustacean[1].

[1]: http://www.rustaceans.org/