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# Introduction

Welcome to “The Rust Programming Language,” an introductory book about Rust.
> Note: This edition of the book is the same as [The Rust Programming
> Language][nsprust] available in print and ebook format from [No Starch
> Press][nsp].
Rust is a programming language that helps you write faster, more reliable
software. High-level ergonomics and low-level control are often at odds with
each other in programming language design; Rust stands to challenge that.
Through balancing powerful technical capacity and a great developer experience,
Rust gives you the option to control low-level details (such as memory usage)
without all the hassle traditionally associated with such control.
[nsprust]: https://nostarch.com/rust
[nsp]: https://nostarch.com/

## Who Rust is For
Welcome to _The Rust Programming Language_, an introductory book about Rust.
The Rust programming language helps you write faster, more reliable software.
High-level ergonomics and low-level control are often at odds in programming
language design; Rust challenges that conflict. Through balancing powerful
technical capacity and a great developer experience, Rust gives you the option
to control low-level details (such as memory usage) without all the hassle
traditionally associated with such control.

Rust is great for many people for a variety of reasons. Let’s discuss a few of
## Who Rust Is For

Rust is ideal for many people for a variety of reasons. Let’s look at a few of
the most important groups.

### Teams of Developers

Rust is proving to be a productive tool for collaborating among large teams of
developers with varying levels of systems programming knowledge. Low-level code
is prone to a variety of subtle bugs, which in most other languages can only be
caught through extensive testing and careful code review by experienced
is prone to a variety of subtle bugs, which in most other languages can be
caught only through extensive testing and careful code review by experienced
developers. In Rust, the compiler plays a gatekeeper role by refusing to
compile code with these kinds of bugs--including concurrency bugs. By working
alongside the compiler, the team can spend more time focusing on the logic of
the program rather than chasing down bugs.
compile code with these elusive bugs, including concurrency bugs. By working
alongside the compiler, the team can spend their time focusing on the program’s
logic rather than chasing down bugs.

Rust also brings contemporary developer tools to the systems programming world:

* Cargo, the included dependency manager and build tool, makes adding,
- Cargo, the included dependency manager and build tool, makes adding,
compiling, and managing dependencies painless and consistent across the Rust
ecosystem.
* Rustfmt ensures a consistent coding style across developers.
* The Rust Language Server powers IDE integration for code completion and
inline error messages.
- Rustfmt ensures a consistent coding style across developers.
- The Rust Language Server powers Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
integration for code completion and inline error messages.

By using these and other tools in the Rust ecosystem, developers can be
productive while writing systems-level code.

### Students

Rust is for students and people who are interested in learning about systems
concepts. Many people have learned about topics like operating systems
development through Rust. The community is happy to answer student questions.
Through efforts such as this book, the Rust teams want to make systems concepts
more accessible to more people, especially those getting started with
Rust is for students and those who are interested in learning about systems
concepts. Using Rust, many people have learned about topics like operating
systems development. The community is very welcoming and happy to answer
student questions. Through efforts such as this book, the Rust teams want to
make systems concepts more accessible to more people, especially those new to
programming.

### Companies

Rust is used in production by hundreds of companies, large and small, for a
variety of tasks, such as command line tools, web services, DevOps tooling,
Hundreds of companies, large and small, use Rust in production for a variety of
tasks. Those tasks include command line tools, web services, DevOps tooling,
embedded devices, audio and video analysis and transcoding, cryptocurrencies,
bioinformatics, search engines, internet of things applications, machine
bioinformatics, search engines, Internet of Things applications, machine
learning, and even major parts of the Firefox web browser.

### Open Source Developers

Rust is for people who want to build the Rust programming language, community,
developer tools, and libraries. We’d love for you to contribute to the Rust
developer tools, and libraries. We’d love to have you contribute to the Rust
language.

### People Who Value Speed and Stability

By speed, we mean both the speed of the programs that Rust lets you create and
the speed at which Rust lets you write them. The Rust compiler’s checks ensure
stability through feature additions and refactoring, as opposed to brittle
legacy code in languages without these checks that developers are afraid to
modify. By striving for zero-cost abstractions, higher level features that
compile to lower level code as fast as code written manually, Rust endeavors to
make safe code be fast code as well.

This isn’t a complete list of everyone the Rust language hopes to support, but
these are some of the biggest stakeholders. Overall, Rust’s greatest ambition
is to take trade-offs that have been accepted by programmers for decades and
eliminate the dichotomy. Safety *and* productivity. Speed *and* ergonomics.
Give Rust a try, and see if its choices work for you.

## Who This Book is For

This book assumes that you’ve written code in some other programming language,
but doesn’t make any assumptions about which one. We’ve tried to make the
material broadly accessible to those from a wide variety of programming
backgrounds. We don’t spend a lot of time talking about what programming *is*
or how to think about it; someone new to programming entirely would be better
served by reading a book specifically providing an introduction to programming.
Rust is for people who crave speed and stability in a language. By speed, we
mean the speed of the programs that you can create with Rust and the speed at
which Rust lets you write them. The Rust compiler’s checks ensure stability
through feature additions and refactoring. This is in contrast to the brittle
legacy code in languages without these checks, which developers are often
afraid to modify. By striving for zero-cost abstractions, higher-level features
that compile to lower-level code as fast as code written manually, Rust
endeavors to make safe code be fast code as well.

The Rust language hopes to support many other users as well; those mentioned
here are merely some of the biggest stakeholders. Overall, Rust’s greatest
ambition is to eliminate the trade-offs that programmers have accepted for
decades by providing safety _and_ productivity, speed _and_ ergonomics. Give
Rust a try and see if its choices work for you.

## Who This Book Is For

This book assumes that you’ve written code in another programming language but
doesn’t make any assumptions about which one. We’ve tried to make the material
broadly accessible to those from a wide variety of programming backgrounds. We
don’t spend a lot of time talking about what programming _is_ or how to think
about it. If you’re entirely new to programming, you would be better served by
reading a book that specifically provides an introduction to programming.

## How to Use This Book

This book generally assumes that you’re reading it front-to-back, that is,
later chapters build on top of concepts in earlier chapters, and earlier
chapters may not dig into details on a topic, revisiting the topic in a later
chapter.

There are two kinds of chapters in this book: concept chapters, and project
chapters. In concept chapters, you’ll learn about an aspect of Rust. In the
project chapters, we’ll build small programs together, applying what we’ve
learned so far. Chapters 2, 12, and 20 are project chapters; the rest are
concept chapters.

Additionally, Chapter 2 is a hands-on introduction to Rust as a language. We’ll
cover concepts at a high level, and later chapters will go into them in detail.
If you’re the kind of person who likes to get their hands dirty right away,
Chapter 2 is great for that. If you’re *really* that kind of person, you may
even wish to skip over Chapter 3, which covers features that are very similar
to other programming languages, and go straight to Chapter 4 to learn about
Rust’s ownership system. By contrast, if you’re a particularly meticulous
learner who prefers to learn every detail before moving onto the next, you may
want to skip Chapter 2 and go straight to Chapter 3.
In general, this book assumes that you’re reading it in sequence from front to
back. Later chapters build on concepts in earlier chapters, and earlier
chapters might not delve into details on a topic; we typically revisit the
topic in a later chapter.

You’ll find two kinds of chapters in this book: concept chapters and project
chapters. In concept chapters, you’ll learn about an aspect of Rust. In project
chapters, we’ll build small programs together, applying what you’ve learned so
far. Chapters 2, 12, and 20 are project chapters; the rest are concept chapters.

Chapter 1 explains how to install Rust, how to write a Hello, world! program,
and how to use Cargo, Rust’s package manager and build tool. Chapter 2 is a
hands-on introduction to the Rust language. Here we cover concepts at a high
level, and later chapters will provide additional detail. If you want to get
your hands dirty right away, Chapter 2 is the place for that. At first, you
might even want to skip Chapter 3, which covers Rust features similar to those
of other programming languages, and head straight to Chapter 4 to learn about
Rust’s ownership system. However, if you’re a particularly meticulous learner
who prefers to learn every detail before moving on to the next, you might want
to skip Chapter 2 and go straight to Chapter 3, returning to Chapter 2 when
you’d like to work on a project applying the details you’ve learned.

Chapter 5 discusses structs and methods, and Chapter 6 covers enums, `match`
expressions, and the `if let` control flow construct. Structs and enums are the
ways to make custom types in Rust.
expressions, and the `if let` control flow construct. You’ll use structs and
enums to make custom types in Rust.

In Chapter 7, you'll learn about Rust's module system and privacy for
organizing your code and its public API. Chapter 8 discusses some common
collection data structures provided by the standard library: vectors, strings,
and hash maps. Chapter 9 is all about Rust's error handling philosophy and
techniques.
In Chapter 7, youll learn about Rusts module system and about privacy rules
for organizing your code and its public Application Programming Interface
(API). Chapter 8 discusses some common collection data structures that the
standard library provides, such as vectors, strings, and hash maps. Chapter 9
explores Rust’s error-handling philosophy and techniques.

Chapter 10 digs into generics, traits, and lifetimes, which give you the power
to define code that applies to multiple types. Chapter 11 is all about testing,
which is still necessary even with Rust's safety guarantees to ensure your
program's logic is correct. In Chapter 12, we'll build a subset of the
functionality of the `grep` command line tool that searches for text within
files and we'll use many of the concepts we discussed in the previous chapters.
which even with Rust’s safety guarantees is necessary to ensure your program’s
logic is correct. In Chapter 12, we’ll build our own implementation of a subset
of functionality from the `grep` command line tool that searches for text
within files. For this, we’ll use many of the concepts we discussed in the
previous chapters.

Chapter 13 explores closures and iterators: features of Rust that come from
functional programming languages. In Chapter 14, we'll explore more about Cargo
and talk about best practices for sharing your libraries with others. Chapter
15 discusses smart pointers provided by the standard library and the traits
that enable their functionality.
functional programming languages. In Chapter 14, well examine Cargo in more
depth and talk about best practices for sharing your libraries with others.
Chapter 15 discusses smart pointers that the standard library provides and the
traits that enable their functionality.

In Chapter 16, we'll go through different models of concurrent programming and
how Rust helps you to program using multiple threads fearlessly. Chapter 17
looks at how Rust idioms compare to Object Oriented Programming principles you
may be familiar with.
In Chapter 16, well walk through different models of concurrent programming
and talk about how Rust helps you to program in multiple threads fearlessly.
Chapter 17 looks at how Rust idioms compare to object-oriented programming
principles you might be familiar with.

Chapter 18 is a reference on patterns and pattern matching, which are powerful
ways of expressing ideas throughout Rust programs. Chapter 19 is a smorgasbord
of advanced topics that you might be interested in, including unsafe Rust and
ways of expressing ideas throughout Rust programs. Chapter 19 contains a
smorgasbord of advanced topics of interest, including unsafe Rust, macros, and
more about lifetimes, traits, types, functions, and closures.

In Chapter 20, we'll finish up with a project where we'll implement a low-level
In Chapter 20, well complete a project in which we’ll implement a low-level
multithreaded web server!

Finally, there are some appendices. These contain useful information about the
language in a more reference-like format.
Finally, some appendixes contain useful information about the language in a
more reference-like format. Appendix A covers Rust’s keywords, Appendix B
covers Rust’s operators and symbols, Appendix C covers derivable traits
provided by the standard library, Appendix D covers some useful development
tools, and Appendix E explains Rust editions.

There is no wrong way to read this book: if you want to skip ahead, go for it!
You might have to jump back to earlier chapters if you experience any
confusion. But do whatever works for you.

In the end, there’s no wrong way to read a book: if you want to skip ahead, go
for it! You may have to jump back if you find things confusing. Do whatever
works for you.
<span id="ferris"></span>

An important part of the process of learning Rust is learning how to read the
error messages that the compiler gives you. As such, we’ll be showing a lot of
code that doesn’t compile, and the error message the compiler will show you in
that situation. As such, if you pick a random example, it may not compile!
Please read the surrounding text to make sure that you didn’t happen to pick
one of the in-progress examples.
error messages the compiler displays: these will guide you toward working code.
As such, we’ll provide many examples that don’t compile along with the error
message the compiler will show you in each situation. Know that if you enter
and run a random example, it may not compile! Make sure you read the
surrounding text to see whether the example you’re trying to run is meant to
error. Ferris will also help you distinguish code that isn’t meant to work:

| Ferris | Meaning |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| <img src="img/ferris/does_not_compile.svg" class="ferris-explain"/> | This code does not compile! |
| <img src="img/ferris/panics.svg" class="ferris-explain"/> | This code panics! |
| <img src="img/ferris/unsafe.svg" class="ferris-explain"/> | This code block contains unsafe code. |
| <img src="img/ferris/not_desired_behavior.svg" class="ferris-explain"/> | This code does not produce the desired behavior. |

In most situations, we’ll lead you to the correct version of any code that
doesn’t compile.

## Contributing to the Book
## Source Code

This book is open source. If you find an error, please don’t hesitate to file
an issue or send a pull request [on GitHub]. Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md] for
more details.
The source files from which this book is generated can be found on
[GitHub][book].

[on GitHub]: https://github.com/rust-lang/book
[CONTRIBUTING.md]: https://github.com/rust-lang/book/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
[book]: https://github.com/rust-lang/book/tree/master/src

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