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== Rust (programming language) ==

'''Rust''' is a [[systems programming language]] designed for safety, concurrency, and performance. It was originally developed by Graydon Hoare at [[Mozilla]] Research, with its first stable release (Rust 1.0) in May 2015. Rust is known for providing memory safety without needing a [[garbage collector]] by enforcing strict ownership, borrowing, and lifetime rules at compile time. It has gained widespread adoption in infrastructure, [[web assembly]], and embedded systems.

== History ==

Rust began as a personal project of Graydon Hoare in 2006. Mozilla sponsored it from 2009, aiming to create a language suitable for building a secure and concurrent browser engine. The first stable version, Rust 1.0, was released on May 15, 2015. Since then, Rust has evolved with a rapid release cycle (every six weeks). The Rust Foundation, formed in 2021, now stewards the language and its ecosystem. Major adopters include [[Linux kernel]] (for drivers), [[Firefox]] (Servo engines), [[Dropbox]], and [[Cloudflare]].

== Features ==

* '''Memory safety without garbage collection''': Ownership rules, borrow checking, and lifetimes prevent [[segfault]]s and data races.
* '''Zero-cost abstractions''': High-level constructs compile to efficient machine code, comparable to [[C++]].
* '''Traits and generics''': Polymorphism without runtime overhead, via compile-time monomorphization and dynamic dispatch.
* '''Fearless concurrency''': The type system enforces thread safety ([[Send]] and [[Sync]] traits), preventing data races at compile time.
* '''Pattern matching and algebraic data types''': Enums, match expressions, and destructuring enable robust error handling and control flow.
* '''Cargo package manager''': Built-in build system, dependency resolution, and testing, with the [[crates.io]] registry for sharing libraries.
* '''Interoperability''': Foreign Function Interface (FFI) allows calling [[C]] code and embedding Rust in other languages.

== Ecosystem ==

Rust’s ecosystem is centered around the [[Cargo]] tool. The official [[rustc]] compiler supports multiple architectures. Notable crates (libraries) include [[tokio]] for async I/O, [[serde]] for serialization, and [[clap]] for command-line argument parsing. The [[Rust Analyzer]] provides advanced IDE support. The language is used in [[WebAssembly]] via the [[wasm-pack]] toolchain, and in operating systems (e.g., [[Redox OS]]).

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