Build a Tiny Grep Clone While Rust Teaches You Who Owns What

About this episode

This episode explores Rust's ownership and borrowing concepts while building a mini grep clone.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/build-a-tiny-grep-clone-while-rust-teaches-you-who-owns-what . In this post, we are going to learn about the problem Rust is solving, Rust's ownership, borrowing concept and build a mini grep clone in Rust. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming . You can also check exclusive content about #rust , #rustlang , #rust-programming-language , #rust-tutorial , #learn-rust , #rust-programming , #build-your-own-grep , #rust-ownership , and more. This story was written by: @sheerluck . Learn more about this writer by checking @sheerluck's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . In this post, we are going to learn about the problem Rust is solving, Rust's ownership, borrowing concept and build a mini grep clone in Rust.

Topics covered

• Rust
• ownership
• programming
• grep clone
• borrowing concept

Keywords

• Rust
• grep
• ownership
• borrowing
• programming
• tutorial

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HackerNoon

Products: Rust

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