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| author | Kristin Linn <klinn@upenn.edu> | 2015-10-20 16:26:35 -0400 | 
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| committer | Kristin Linn <klinn@upenn.edu> | 2015-10-20 16:26:35 -0400 | 
| commit | 396e6f5d9708f827512c4699240f72477366ff76 (patch) | |
| tree | d63b41a4d91ea80c594574c48fc6416d6fd9a538 /rust.html.markdown | |
| parent | 11aab085d656b79482e92a05acbbac81125bfb78 (diff) | |
| parent | 5fb5dd7c7fd7670faca6b8cfff9ef1ffdbd65c0d (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/adambard/learnxinyminutes-docs
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| diff --git a/rust.html.markdown b/rust.html.markdown index 4fbd6144..d0c56b4a 100644 --- a/rust.html.markdown +++ b/rust.html.markdown @@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ filename: learnrust.rs  ---  Rust is a programming language developed by Mozilla Research. -Rust combines low-level control over performance with high-level convenience and  -safety guarantees.  +Rust combines low-level control over performance with high-level convenience and +safety guarantees. -It achieves these goals without requiring a garbage collector or runtime, making  +It achieves these goals without requiring a garbage collector or runtime, making  it possible to use Rust libraries as a "drop-in replacement" for C. -Rust’s first release, 0.1, occurred in January 2012, and for 3 years development  +Rust’s first release, 0.1, occurred in January 2012, and for 3 years development  moved so quickly that until recently the use of stable releases was discouraged -and instead the general advise was to use nightly builds.  +and instead the general advice was to use nightly builds. -On May 15th 2015, Rust 1.0 was released with a complete guarantee of backward  +On May 15th 2015, Rust 1.0 was released with a complete guarantee of backward  compatibility. Improvements to compile times and other aspects of the compiler are  currently available in the nightly builds. Rust has adopted a train-based release -model with regular releases every six weeks. Rust 1.1 beta was made available at  +model with regular releases every six weeks. Rust 1.1 beta was made available at  the same time of the release of Rust 1.0.  Although Rust is a relatively low-level language, Rust has some functional @@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ fn main() {      // While a value is mutably borrowed, it cannot be accessed at all.      let mut var2 = 4;      let ref_var2: &mut i32 = &mut var2; -    *ref_var2 += 2; +    *ref_var2 += 2;         // '*' is used to point to the mutably borrowed var2 -    println!("{}", *ref_var2); // 6 +    println!("{}", *ref_var2); // 6 , //var2 would not compile. //ref_var2 is of type &mut i32, so                                                      //stores a reference to an i32 not the value.      // var2 = 2; // this would not compile because `var2` is borrowed  }  ``` | 
