Rust, the good, the bad, the ugly

Friday 4 Dec 2026, 09:00 → 13:00 Europe/Brussels

KU Leuven

The Rust programming language has gained quite some popularity over the last couple of years. What are its strong points, its weak points? Is it an elegant language to work with? Should you learn it, use it?
 

Programme
 

This training tries to give you some insights into the language and how it compares to other similar programming languages such as MATLAB and Python so that you can answer these questions for yourself.
 

Learning objectives
 

When you complete this training you will:

• write Rust expressions;
• know how to write functions;
• know the control flow statements;
• know the data types that Rust supports;
• learn how to design your code;
• know how to do file I/O;
• know how to organize and document your code;
• learn about the Julia ecosystem.

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