Rust - Introduction Flashcards
1
Q
Rust is what type of programming language?
A
Rust is a systems level programming language developed by Graydon Hoare.
2
Q
System and application programming languages face two major problems
A
It is difficult to write secure code.
It is difficult to write multi-threaded code.
3
Q
Rust focuses on three goals
A
Safety
Speed
Concurrency
4
Q
Why does Rust perform well at runtime?
A
Because it doesn’t have a Garbage Collector
5
Q
Rust is safe from what type of memory issues
A
Dangling Pointers
Buffer overruns
Memory leaks
6
Q
Write a hello world program
A
fn main(){
println!(“Hello world”);
}
7
Q
What is a macro?
A
In Rust, a macro is a feature that allows you to write code that writes other code.
It’s like a template for generating code.
