TLDR? You can find the code and a bunch of examples on GitHub at dps/rust-raytracer.

Over the holiday break, I decided to learn Rust. Rust is a modern systems programming language which has a really interesting type system. The type system can catch broad classes of common programming mistakes - e.g. ensuring memory is accessed safely - at compile time while generating tight, performant machine code. I’ve heard a lot about Rust from friends and colleagues over the past several years. Their most frequent descriptions in the early days were “esoteric” and “puzzling” but during 2021 it’s been increasingly common to hear gushing praise for the language.

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