Allen Wyma talks with Ben Striegel, a member of Rust’s official community outreach team, about the history of Rust.

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Timestamps

• [@1:56] - What got Ben first interested in Rust?
• [@3:03] - How Ben got involved
• [@9:36] - Rust 1.0
• [@16:21] - What does move mean?
• [@17:36] - The Borrow Checker
• [@20:04] - What language was the Rust compiler first written in?
• [@25:04] - Choosing LLVM over GCC
• [@33:28] - 2 ways to target Windows
• [@34:39] - libc and musl
• [@36:22] - Rust Editions
• [@46:46] - Does Rust have a small standard library?
• [@54:18] - Why TOML? TOML vs YAML
• [@58:53] - “Tree shaking” in Rust?
• [@01:00:48] - Who created Cargo?
• [@01:02:26] - Rust’s milestones
• [@01:07:42] - Mozilla 2020 layoffs
  • Discussion on /r/rust
• [@01:12:33] - Will Rust stay open-source?
• [01:18:10] - Future of Rust
• [01:24:48] - Who decides what changes make it into Rust?

Credits

Intro Theme: Aerocity

Audio Editing: Plangora

Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset

Show Notes: Plangora

Hosts: Allen Wyma