Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! Rust is a systems language pursuing the trifecta: safety, concurrency, and speed. This is a weekly summary of its progress and community. Want something mentioned? Tweet us at @ThisWeekInRust or send us a pull request. Want to get involved? We love contributions.

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Updates from Rust Community

News & Blog Posts

Crate of the Week

This week's crate is aljabar, an extremely generic linear algebra libary. Thanks to Vikrant for the suggestion!

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Call for Participation

Always wanted to contribute to open-source projects but didn't know where to start? Every week we highlight some tasks from the Rust community for you to pick and get started!

Some of these tasks may also have mentors available, visit the task page for more information.

gfx-rs introduces the contributor-friendly label for issues that are appropriately inviting to new members:

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Updates from Rust Core

196 pull requests were merged in the last week

Approved RFCs

Changes to Rust follow the Rust RFC (request for comments) process. These are the RFCs that were approved for implementation this week:

Final Comment Period

Every week the team announces the 'final comment period' for RFCs and key PRs which are reaching a decision. Express your opinions now.

RFCs

Tracking Issues & PRs

New RFCs

No new RFCs were proposed this week.

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Quote of the Week

Python and Go pick up your trash for you. C lets you litter everywhere, but throws a fit when it steps on your banana peel. Rust slaps you and demands that you clean up after yourself.

Nicholas Hahn on his blog

Thanks to UtherII for the suggestion!

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This Week in Rust is edited by: nasa42, llogiq, and Flavsditz.

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