Announcing Rust 1960 ❲FREE · 2024❳

Since there is no real-world version of "Rust 1.960" (the current versions are in the 1.80s as of 2024), I have prepared this as a fictional, "future-retro" announcement

• Tier 2 Platforms: Rust 1.96.0 adds support for several new Tier 2 platforms, including platforms like Linux on ARM and Windows on MSVC.
• Experimental Targets: Experimental support has been added for several new targets, including some embedded systems and specialty platforms.

Polymorphic Memory Management (PMM): One of the most requested features, PMM allows developers to define custom allocation strategies at the type level. You can now specify whether a data structure lives on the stack, a global heap, or a thread-local arena with a single attribute, allowing for hyper-optimized performance in game engines and embedded systems. announcing rust 1960

One of the most anticipated additions is the cfg_select! macro. Historically, handling complex conditional compilation required external crates like cfg-if. This new built-in macro acts like a compile-time match statement for configurations, streamlining cross-platform development directly in the standard library. If-Let Guards in Match Expressions Since there is no real-world version of "Rust 1

• Rust 1985: cargo cult – A dependency manager that worships the original 1960 punch cards.
• Rust 1995: impl Trait for Java applets.