Programming Rust by Jim Blandy

Programming Rust

Fast, Safe Systems Development

Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, Leonora Tindall

O'Reilly Media · Print & ebook · July 20, 2021

Systems programming provides the foundation for the world's computation.

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Who it’s for
For experienced systems programmers, Rust makes performance and safety part of the same conversation.
Themes
Rust systems programming, Memory safety and concurrency, Performance-sensitive programming
Genres
Programming Languages, Programming Basics, Parallel Programming

About this book

Systems programming provides the foundation for the world's computation. Writing performance-sensitive code requires a programming language that puts programmers in control of how memory, processor time, and other system resources are used. The Rust systems programming language combines that control with a modern type system that catches broad classes of common mistakes, from memory management errors to data races between threads.

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With this practical guide, experienced systems programmers will learn how to successfully bridge the gap between performance and safety using Rust. Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, and Leonora Tindall demonstrate how Rust's features put programmers in control over memory consumption and processor use by combining predictable performance with memory safety and trustworthy concurrency. You'll learn: - Rust's fundamental data types and the core concepts of ownership and borrowing - How to write flexible, efficient code with traits and generics - How to write fast, multithreaded code without data races - Rust's key power tools: closures, iterators, and asynchronous programming - Collections, strings and text, input and output, macros, unsafe code, and foreign function interfaces This revised, updated edition covers the Rust 2021 Edition.

Control Without Compromise

For experienced systems programmers, Rust makes performance and safety part of the same conversation.

Come here for

  • A practical look at ownership, borrowing, and resource control
  • Efficient code, trustworthy concurrency, and Rust’s systems-level tools

Expect

  • A broad tour from core types to async programming and unsafe code
  • Attention to predictable performance without surrendering memory safety

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Programming Languages64%
Parallel Programming51%
Programming Basics43%

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  • Programming Languages
  • C Programming
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • Parallel Programming
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Authors
Jim Blandy, Jason Orendorff, Leonora Tindall
Publisher
O'Reilly Media
Published
July 20, 2021
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Rust systems programming · Memory safety and concurrency · Performance-sensitive programming
Reading lane
Programming Languages