Haskell and Rust both support asynchronous programming. Haskell includes a feature called async exceptions, which allow cancelling threads, but they come at a cost. See how Rust does the same job, and the relative trade-offs of each approach. (more…)

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What are the most important properties of programs, and how much do existing languages help? How is Rust different? (more…)

With native Rust support announced for Cloudflare Workers, one may be eager to jump in head first. I know I wanted to. However, I tested out a few use cases and found it too limiting. Either the desired APIs weren’t available, code size was too large, or ... (more…)

Welcome to “The Rust Programming Language,” an introductory book about Rust. Rust is a programming language that’s focused on safety, speed, and concurrency. Its design lets you create programs that have the performance and control of a low-level language... (more…)