Preface
Several years ago, I set out learning a new programming language every year – as many programmers do. There are many paradigms, rules, and insights to be gained from knowing another programming language, and then I found Rust. Rust turned out to be too much fun to write to simply move on, and after the steep learning curve, it became even more fun. So, there I had it: having learned a total of two additional (TypeScript and Rust) languages, I stuck to Rust. Why? Let's find out.
Rust is a systems programming language that provides memory safety by default without a garbage collector, which impacts its runtime behavior. Regardless of this fact, Rust is a very versatile language that can be used across various domains, be it web programming, ...
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