Daniel Correia

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What do you want to make the computer do?

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Over the last few months I have been digging into Rust (the programming language) and the more I use it the more time I want to invest in it. This is not a post about Rust but rather the thought process on getting started with a new programming language (or multiple languages) in a world where these languages are driving technologies like cloud services, blockchains and artificial intelligence. We live in a time where the frontier of modern technology is looking to solve problems that no longer appear to be solvable by a single person, so in learning a new language we are presented with a spectrum of opportunities that lie somewhere between programming “hello-world” and a distributed blockchain. When learning a programming language, there comes a time when you have to eventually program. In doing so it is important to choose a task/project that is within the realm of possibility so as to not dishearten and hinder learning progress, but also provide a sense of accomplishment that programming another version of grep simply will not provide.

Ownership and Borrowing in Rust

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:52:47 +0200

Ownership and Borrowing in Rust

Ownership

The Book¹ states the following as the three rules of ownership in Rust:

Each value in Rust has an owner.
There can only be one owner at a time.
When the owner goes out of scope, the value will be dropped.

Going out of scope essentially means coming to the end of the trailing curly brace ‘}’ of the one in which a value was introduced in.