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1 | # Common Programming Concepts |
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| 3 | This chapter covers concepts that appear in almost every programming language | |
| 4 | and how they work in Rust. Many programming languages have much in common at | |
| 5 | their core. None of the concepts presented in this chapter are unique to Rust, | |
| 6 | but we’ll discuss them in the context of Rust and explain the conventions | |
| 7 | around using these concepts. | |
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| 9 | Specifically, you’ll learn about variables, basic types, functions, comments, | |
| 10 | and control flow. These foundations will be in every Rust program, and learning | |
| 11 | them early will give you a strong core to start from. | |
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13 | > #### Keywords |
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15 | > The Rust language has a set of *keywords* that are reserved for use by the |
| 16 | > language only, much as in other languages. Keep in mind that you cannot use | |
| 17 | > these words as names of variables or functions. Most of the keywords have | |
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18 | > special meanings, and you’ll be using them to do various tasks in your Rust |
| 19 | > programs; a few have no current functionality associated with them but have | |
| 20 | > been reserved for functionality that might be added to Rust in the future. You | |
| 94222f64 | 21 | > can find a list of the keywords in [Appendix A][appendix_a]<!-- ignore -->. |
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| 23 | [appendix_a]: appendix-01-keywords.md |