Just seven years ago, the Rust programming language reached version 1.0, making it one of the youngest languages and one that also holds big promise for large code bases written in C and C++.

There are fads in programming languages, and new ones come and go, often without lasting impact. Now 12 years old, Rust took time to mature from the side project of a Mozilla researcher into a ...

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The nine-year-old programming language Rust is the star of the TIOBE Programming Language Community Index this month. The language Rust rose to number 13 from number 17, a jump from 0.93% in the ...