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 # thunderstrike.ai intern resources
 
+## rust
+**Rust** is a strongly-typed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_safety"><sup>[type safety]</sup></a>
+systems programming language <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_programming_language"><sup>[systems programming language]</sup></a>.
+
+### In brief
+<ul>
+  <li>Error handling is done with a special type that represents "the `Result` of this may be an error"</li>
+  <li>Null values are represented by special type that represents "this value is `Option`al"</li>
+  <li>Rust programs are incredibly fast and predictable</li>
+</ul>
+
 ## purescript
 **Purescript** is a strongly-typed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_safety"><sup>[type safety]</sup></a>
 purely functional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purely_functional_programming"><sup>[purely functional]</sup></a>
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 ### In brief
 <ul>
+  <li>Error handling is done with a special type that represents "`Either` it succeeded or failed"</li>
+  <li>Null values are represented by special type that represents "`Maybe` it's present or not"</li>
   <li>
   effectful code
   <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side_effect_(computer_science)"><sup>[side effect]</sup></a>
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 ```
 
 </details>
+
+## Further reading
+ * [purescript website](https://www.purescript.org/)
+ * [purescript by example (free online book)](https://book.purescript.org/)
+ * [purescript in depth (free online book)](https://leanpub.com/purescript/read)
+ * [rust website](https://www.rust-lang.org/)
+ * [rust book (free online book)](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/)