Module show_notes::e012

I’m not familiar with that expression

• Date: March 21, 2016
• Subject: What it means to be an expression-oriented language, and how that works out in Rust.
• Audio

Notes

Rust is an expression-oriented language. What does that mean, and how does it play out in Rust? We look at if and match blocks, discuss looping constructs, and examine functions, and then widen out to discuss how having an expression-oriented language can change the way we think about programming.

Links

• Redox
• Servo alpha announcement
• WebRender
• Wired article on Dropbox
• Rust documentation on expression-oriented-ness:
  • Rust Book
  • Rust by Example
  • Rust Reference
• Removing Rust ternary
• Digits of pi necessary for astronavigation

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Enums

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Functions

• functions_are_expressions
  Functions are expressions, and so are their contents.
• if_blocks_are_expressions
  Like functions, if blocks are expressions.
• match_blocks_are_expressions
  Match blocks are also expressions.
• ordinary_blocks_are_expressions
  Block blocks are also expressions!