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I just started working through a textbook to learn Rust, coming from a heavy Typescript/Node background. It's too soon to say whether or not I'm in love but I already really like the approach to lower level programming with modern development perks like linting (RLS), package management (Cargo), simple build scripts (Cargo again). Comparing it to NPM+Node, there's a lot to like.

I'm really looking forward to learning more.

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Rust has an elegant concept in its ownership paradigm.

As the Rust book mentions: Ownership is Rust’s most unique feature, and it enables Rust to make memory safety guarantees without needing a garbage collector.

In other words, you have the power/speed of a low level language without certain of the dangers, such as "double free" errors.

(That said, I'm only now proceeding through the official book. In other words, if I got this wrong, someone correct me.)

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