Rust 1.0, The Programming Language Behind Mozilla’s New Web Engine Servo, Is Released

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As many programmers know, reaching the 1.0 milestone is an important day for any language. It signals the first stable point where developers can use its features without fear that their code will break with incoming changes. But what separates the open-source and openly developed Rust 1.0 is that Mozilla chose and backed it for building the company’s crazy-fast new Web browsing engine, Servo. Here, from a working developer’s point of view, I’ll explain the characteristics Mozilla has focused on when creating Rust, and how the company plans to use Rust to replace Gecko (the existing Firefox engine) with Servo.