Do hardware hackers need a new programming language? Your first answer might be no, but hold off a bit until you hear about a new language called Rust before you decide for sure. We all know real ...

Programming language Rust now has the backing of the Rust Foundation, an independent organization that will steward the language's future as more developers begin using it. Rust, hatched at Mozilla as ...

Microsoft and Linux are adding AI and Rust to their pipelines. Microsoft is leaning much harder into AI development than Linux. Both are expanding Rust, but neither OS will be fully Rust soon.

Reasons abound for Rust’s growing popularity: it’s fast, memory-safe without needing garbage collection, and outfitted with world-class tooling. Rust also allows experienced programmers to selectively ...

Infineon Technologies AG is creating a Rust ecosystem in the embedded sector. It is the first major semiconductor to officially support Rust for its microcontrollers (MCUs), starting with AURIX TC3xx ...

“Technology from the past comes to save the future from itself.” That’s how Graydon Hoare, the creator of Rust, describes what he wants to achieve. That’s one of the key hallmarks of Rust: using ...

How Rust deals with raw pointers. Complex data structures may have cycles, with separately allocated nodes that reference each other either directly or indirectly. Cycles present a challenge for ...

JavaScript, a smash hit among programmers, made the web powerful. Now Mozilla's Rust could protect the web from hack attacks. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...