Rust (programming language)

Rust is a multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language designed for performance and safety, especially safe concurrency. It is syntactically similar to C++, but is designed to provide better memory safety while maintaining high performance.

Rust achieves memory safety without garbage collection by employing a system of ownership, borrowing, and lifetimes. This system is enforced at compile time, preventing common programming errors such as dangling pointers, data races, and buffer overflows.

Developed by Mozilla Research, with contributions from the community, Rust's development began in 2006 and was first released in 2010. The language is now governed by the Rust Foundation, an independent non-profit organization.

Rust's primary goals are safety, speed, and concurrency. It targets embedded systems, operating systems, web browsers, and other performance-critical software. Its features include zero-cost abstractions, move semantics, guaranteed memory safety, threads without data races, trait-based generics, pattern matching, type inference, and minimal runtime.

Rust has seen increasing adoption across various industries, including software development, game development, and embedded systems. Its focus on memory safety and concurrency makes it suitable for projects requiring reliability and performance.

The language is known for its steep learning curve due to its unique ownership and borrowing system. However, the community provides extensive documentation and resources to assist developers.