Why is the build folder called target? | Rust Programming Language Community | Page 1

quick vale Jul 9, 2022, 4:19 PM

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I'm in the process of making a mini build-system for reasons™️, and I've been wondering about why Rust actually calls its build artifact folder target and not something like build or result. Is there any reasoning behind it? I can't seem to find any online

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if you want another example, maven also uses target

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Not too much into the Java world, but thanks!

quick vale Jul 9, 2022, 8:27 PM

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pong

quick vale Jul 10, 2022, 12:36 AM

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oh yeah

#Why is the build folder called target?