inspired by:

• tiktoken https://github.com/openai/tiktoken
• https://maxwellrules.com/programming/rusty-python.html

want to learn some rust

working through https://google.github.io/comprehensive-rust/welcome.html

• rustc compiler
• cargo dependency manager
• rustup toolchain installer/updater

Static memory management at compile time:

• No uninitialized variables.
• Mostly no memory leaks1
• No double-frees.
• No use-after-free.
• No NULL pointers.
• No forgotten locked mutexes.
• No data races between threads.
• No iterator invalidation.

No undefined behavior at runtime:

• Array access is bounds checked.
• Integer overflow is defined.

Modern features: Rust is built with all the experience gained in the last 40 years.

• Enums and pattern matching.
• Generics.
• No overhead FFI.
• Great compiler errors.
• Built-in dependency manager.
• Built-in support for testing.