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