May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
462 pages
11h 5m
English
Overview
This book is your comprehensive guide to mastering concurrency and performance in Rust. It walks you through the foundational concepts of Rust and modern machine architectures, leading to advanced techniques for managing memory safety and concurrency efficiently. By the time you finish, you'll confidently design safe and high-performance parallel applications with Rust.
What this Book will help me do
- Understand and optimize the performance of Rust programs on modern hardware.
- Implement robust concurrent systems using Rust's type system and memory model.
- Master threading and synchronization mechanisms within the Rust standard library.
- Build advanced lock-free and wait-free data structures for specific computational needs.
- Integrate Rust with other programming languages through FFI for versatile applications.
Author(s)
Brian L. Troutwine is a software engineer specializing in systems programming and high-performance architecture. With years of experience using Rust, he brings practical insights into the inner workings of concurrency and memory safety. His writing style is detailed and approachable, aimed at fostering a better understanding among learners.
Who is it for?
This book is perfect for software engineers already familiar with the basics of Rust who are looking to deepen their skills in concurrency and high-performance programming. It caters to those aiming to build efficient and safe parallel systems. Readers interested in leveraging Rust for advanced system-level tasks will find this book particularly beneficial.
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