I stabilized never type

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After over a decade of instability and failed attempts, the never type in Rust has been stabilized on nightly releases, marking a significant development for the programming language.

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# I stabilized never type | I hate reality Source: [https://blog.ihatereality.space/0C-never-type/](https://blog.ihatereality.space/0C-never-type/) Uh\. Yeah\. After 10 years of it being unstable\. After 5 failed attempts to stabilize it\. After more than 2 years of working on it myself\. At long last, the never type is[*stable*](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/155499)\(on nightly\) \(or will be once a new nightly is released\)\. I feel… empty\. Just like the never type\. watch[my “when is never” talk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jM4cnEVrLc)or something

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