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Rust supports multiple [[programming paradigm]]s. It was influenced by ideas from [[functional programming]], including [[Immutable object|immutability]], [[higher-order function]]s, [[algebraic data type]]s, and [[pattern matching]]. It also supports [[object-oriented programming]] via structs, [[Union type|enums]], traits, and methods.

Software developer Graydon Hoare created Rust as a personal project while working at [[Mozilla]] Research in 2006. Mozilla officially sponsored the project in 2009. The first stable release of Rust, Rust 1.0, was published in May 2015, having undergone significant changes in the meantime. Following a large layoff of Mozilla employees in August 2020, multiple other companies joined Mozilla in sponsoring Rust through the creation of the [[#Rust Foundation|Rust Foundation]] in February 2021. In December 2022, Rust became the first language other than [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[Assembly language|assembly]] to be supported in the development of the [[Linux kernel]].

Rust has been noted for its adoption in many software projects, especially [[web services]] and [[system software]]. It has been studied academically and has a growing community of developers.