Developers can now start using it without worrying too much about their code getting broken by a major change.
The languages handling of memory and memory management is the key to this.
Or it could be reading or writing from blocks of memory that have been de-allocated.
Garbage collection has a tendency to increase memory usage and can bring some discrepancies in program performance.
Hence, special attention has to be given when mixing and matching.
However, this also has a tendency to restrict performance.
The highest performance as things stand today comes from compiling once and distributing the native code.
Rust uses a very different method.
It takes native code for high performance and performs bounds checks to provide some of its safety.
However, it doesnt rely on garbage collection to guard against misuse of memory.
It uses a concept of compiler-tracked memory ownership and object lifetimes instead.
The language also includes in-built concurrency features, powerful macros and support for generics.
Similar features were offered by other languages too; however, they have been nothing more than academic novelties.
The backing by Mozilla is what makes Rust different from others.
Combined with a striking feature set, this is a language that may end up finding some real-world success.
source: www.techworm.net
