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What do they actually want? I'm so curious.

I'm not sure on this. Rust has some users all over big tech firms including Google, MS, FB, Apple and Intel.

I seriously doubt that whether any of their “end users” are allowed to use Rust.

Well, I'm gonna make some excuses and questions.

- I was worried about Google's intention, but I didn't claim one.

- I chose the word "fork" because it was what actually happen. I tried to be dry as much as possible to deliver just a fact. Making people confused was not my intention. Anyway, I'm sorry for that confusion.

- I didn't think the word "fork" is abusive or bad wording at the point of posting. I simply forgot the other meaning of "fork" at the point of posting. Now I remembered how it's different.

- Now I agree that the word "fork" could make you (and many other people) confused. I'm sorry.

- If the wording "fork" made you confused, I think you also need to blame Github for why they didn't use the word "clone" on their website.

- I blame Github because this is major reason of why I forgot the other meaning of "fork" nowadays.

- You are telling me to find out before posting this to here, but how? At the point of posting, there was literally no one was discussing on this. No one around me could explain Google's intention. I googled, and there was no result. If you know a good place to ask, please let me know. I'd love it.

- Google engineers came and explained their intention. IMO, this posting ended up in the best way it could.

How do you know the intention of a fork without their own explanation? It was unknown at the point of posting, and posting title is still technically valid.

This posting let you know their intention. Isn't it newsworthy?

Does it feel differently? "fork" as a noun and a verb?

No offense, just a question. Because I'm not a native English speaker.

Made-up title? Github says "google/swift forked from apple/swift". Is that wrong?

I also worried having two different languages -- Google Swift and Apple Swift.

What you have to deal with;

* Xcode = iOS bugs + UIKit bugs

* Xamarin = iOS bugs + UIKit bugs + different runtime, language, memory model abstractions + .NET bugs + P/Invoke bugs & overheads + GC inter-op bugs & overheads + C# bugs + slow followup of platform updates

* Xamarin Forms = iOS bugs + UIKit bugs + different runtime, language, memory model abstractions + .NET bugs + P/Invoke bugs & overheads + GC inter-op bugs & overheads + C# bugs + slow followup of platform updates + extra UI abstraction layers + lack of fine level controls & features

Can I ask the products you have worked on with Xamarin?