What is Rust? - Introduction to Systems Programming and Memory Management

Explore the emerging Rust programming language in this conference talk from Philly ETE 2015. Discover why Rust is generating excitement in the developer community and how it combines the power of systems programming with the expressiveness of higher-level languages. Learn about Rust's innovative ownership system, which provides automatic memory management without the overhead of garbage collection or reference counting. Understand how Rust guarantees memory safety at compile-time, preventing segmentation faults and memory leaks. Delve into key concepts such as ownership transfer, borrowing rules, and closures. Examine how Rust achieves performance comparable to C++ while offering modern language features. Suitable for both experienced systems programmers and those new to low-level programming, gain insights into Rust's unique approach to memory management, concurrency, and object-oriented syntax.