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commit 211bb3781d3517b4864121baaccb8a0625a074b4
parent 2eb6651c7798a738cbb1d6f47920dafc0db4f8fc
Author: aw <aw@web>
Date:   Sun, 26 Jun 2022 09:56:29 +0200

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diff --git a/Rust.mdwn b/Rust.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +[Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) is a programming language created in 2010. The first stable release was in 2014. Rust has a number of advantages over C: + +- Memory safety +- Modern semantics and language features + +Rust has a number of disadvantages from a permacomputing perspective: +- Currently only has a single fully-featured implementation +- Limited [platform support](https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/rustc/platform-support.html) +- Highly complex language and toolchain requires a lot of computing resources, unsuitable to run on many platforms