https://andrewpauluhn.dev/tags/rust/ Recent content in Rust on AWP Developer Blog https://andrewpauluhn.dev/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E https://andrewpauluhn.dev/%3Clink%20or%20path%20of%20image%20for%20opengraph,%20twitter-cards%3E Hugo -- 0.145.0 en Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:28:11 -0600 https://andrewpauluhn.dev/posts/efficient_rust_iterators/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 01:28:11 -0600 https://andrewpauluhn.dev/posts/efficient_rust_iterators/ <p>One of my favorite things about Rust, and one of the first things that attracted me to it, is its iterators and the many <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/glossary.html#combinator">combinator</a> functions that are available.</p> <p>Before getting into Rust, I was focused on Typescript/JavaScript, and I had a preference for <code>.filter()</code>, <code>.map()</code> and <code>reduce()</code> in lieu of manual loops. I already had a disposition for function composition, method chaining and closures.</p> <p>Anyone who has read the Rust Book might have seen the statement in the section on &ldquo;Loops vs. Iterators&rdquo;:</p>