Mozilla's Rust programming language is designed to be more secure.
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Now Mozilla hopes lightning will strike twice with a sequel called Rust. If successful, the new programming language could be as important as JavaScript to Mozilla's mission of making the internet better for us all -- and it could be just as helpful to the nonprofit organization's reputation, too. JavaScript let web developers make websites interactive, triggering an explosion of innovation like online photo editing, scrolling and zooming maps, and word processing with Google Docs. Rust is a lower-level tool, though, that could make Mozilla's Firefox web browser faster and more secure.
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It's really hard to create a major language like C, C++ or Java used by millions of programmers. Mozilla succeeded with JavaScript, with countless others helping to refine it over the years.
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