Programming Rust

Rust combines low-level control with memory safety, making it an ideal choice for systems programming. This practical guide is for experienced programmers looking to write fast, reliable code while avoiding common pitfalls like data races and buffer overflows. Authors Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, and Leonora Tindall explain Rust's unique approach to ownership, borrowing, and concurrency, helping you build safe, high-performance applications. Fully updated for Rust's 2024 edition, this book introduces the latest language advancements while covering essential topics like generics, async programming, and C interoperability. Whether you're working on low-latency systems, embedded software, or multithreaded applications, this edition equips you with the knowledge to write efficient, production-ready Rust code.

Jim Blandy has been programming since 1981 and writing free software since 1990. He has worked on GNU Emacs, GNU Guile, and the GNU Debugger, and now works on Firefox at Mozilla.