Grab your Rust Job-Ready Roadmap (free): The fastest way to become a Rust dev (limited seats): Let’s Get Rusty is the #1 Rust education & career development platform for engineers who want real-world skills and results. We combine a structured curriculum, industry-grade projects, expert review and feedback, and our Rust recruiter network — to help you master Rust and get hired. · Today we are diving into the surprisingly complicated world of strings. Not only will we learn about the fundamental data structures behind strings, but we'll also discuss how string are implemented in C and more importantly how they are implemented in Rust. FREE Rust cheat sheet: Chapters: 0:00 Overview 0:32 String fundamentals 3:26 Strings in C 4:39 Strings in Rust - safety 5:30 Strings in Rust - Strings and &str 7:37 Strings in Rust - &'static str 8:47 Strings in Rust - Box str 10:03 Strings in Rust - Rc str 10:36 Strings in Rust - Arc str 11:04 Strings in Rust - Byte representations 12:05 Strings in Rust - String literals 13:13 Strings in Rust - Specialized strings 15:13 Strings in Rust - Interoperability strings 18:23 - Summary