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Intro to Rust

These are the code examples I used in the March 9 talk at OSC. They are intended to show how the Rust compiler rejects memory-related bugs that are typically uncaught in other languages. Here is a breakdown of the examples:

• lifetime.cpp demonstrates a perfectly valid C++ program that uses an invalid pointer. lifetime.rs is the equivalent Rust code that is rejected by the compiler.
• ownership.cpp demonstrates a perfectly valid C++ program that makes use of deallocated memory. ownership.rs is the equivalent Rust code that is rejected by the compiler.
• concurrency.cpp demonstrates a perfectly valid C++ program that contains a data race. concurrency.rs is the equivalent Rust code that is rejected by the compiler. A valid version of the Rust code is commented out in concurrency.rs

Note that the examples are necessarily contrived.