Meet Rust
● Like C: compiled, statically typed, very fast
● Unlike C: enjoyable to use, guarantees safety
● "If it compiles, it doesn't crash"
● Same guarantee as JavaScript with memory safety
● Strong C/FFI support
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Cargo - Dependency Manager
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What is Neon?
● Rust bindings for writing safe and fast native Node.js modules
● Crash free memory protection (works with JS GC)
● Parallelism (use multiple threads)