Rust 101 - 2: Language basics

An introduction to the Rust language basics. * What Rust is and why you might want to learn it * Examining a simple program * Learning about the types of variable you can have (numbers, strings, tuples, arrays) * Introducing control flow with if, for, while and loop * Talking about functions and expressions * Preparing ourselves for the next video, which is about memory management If you'd like to learn more about Unicode and character sets, try my video [Interesting Characters](https://diode.zone/w/gNpErrnzszRi55rtDzcubH) where I share how surprisingly interesting this whole area is. Links: * Florian Gilcher on "Why Learn Rust?": https://youtu.be/l8Qk5Nh6qsg * Slides: http://artificialworlds.net/presentations/rust-101/A1-intro-to-rust * Exercises: https://artificialworlds.net/presentations/rust-101/exercises/A1-language-basics/mod.html Rust 101 is a series of videos explaining how to write programs in Rust. The course materials for this series are developed by tweede golf. You ca