Starting some more advanced Rust programming ideas by looking at references - the ability to “borrow” values and refer to them without taking ownership. We look at mutable and immutable references, and the rules about references that prevent us ever having an “invalid” reference that points at something that has been dropped or changed.

Links:

• Slides: http://artificialworlds.net/presentations/rust-101/A2-advanced-intro
• Exercises: https://101-rs.tweede.golf/A2-advanced-intro/mod.html

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