Just so you’re clear about it, a Rust trait is not like a C struct. It is like a Java interface. Rust’s struct is like a C struct. “Trait” is used for similar

Just so you’re clear about it, a Rust trait is not like a C struct. It is like a Java interface. Rust’s struct is like a C struct. “Trait” is used for similar features in Scala and PHP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trait_(computer_programming) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trait_(computer_programming) Box is used in Java and many functional languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_(computer_science) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_(computer_science) Arc is the most confusing name out of these for sure; most folks talk about “reference counting” in general and assume the count is atomic; with Rust’s performance and safety focus, Rc is the non-reference counted version and Arc is the atomically reference counted version. Additionally, there is a feature called “automatic reference counting” that some languages use, that uses atomic reference counting in the implementation. > There's no special Google result for rust ' If I google for “rust apostrophe” this is my first result, which is pretty comprehensive: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22048673/what-are-the-identifiers-denoted-with-a-single-apostrophe https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22048673/what-are-the-id... While this syntax is unusual it is also not unique, OCaml uses it for similar purposes. Nobody loves this one, but also nobody was able to come up with something that could be agreed upon to be better.