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no they didn't, yes it could have happened:
gcc is not a dead project. it is continuously maintained. its improvements can be influenced by other projects like rust
I know that gcc is still alive. That was implied from my original comment.
What you just outlined is the other commenter's theory I already outlined, and literally describes Rust not coming along after gcc improves its error messaging. Thus, it contradicts my theory that Rust came along later than gcc's improved error messaging.