Rust Programming Language

29th July 2021

What is Rust and why is it so popular?

Rust solves pain points present in many other languages, providing a solid step forward with a limited number of downsides. I’ll show a sample of what Rust offers to users of other programming languages and what the current ecosystem looks like. It’s not all roses in Rust-land, so I talk about the downsides, too.  Coming from dynamically-typed languages The arguments between programmers who prefer dynamic versus static type systems are likely to endure for decades more, but it’s hard to argue about the benefits of static types. You only need to look at the rise of languages like TypeScript or […]