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authorBrian Anderson <banderson@mozilla.com>2015-02-15 21:08:32 -0800
committerBrian Anderson <banderson@mozilla.com>2015-02-18 13:46:55 -0800
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README: Add one sentence about what Rust is.
Most people don't know what Rust is.
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 # The Rust Programming Language
 
 This is a compiler for Rust, including standard libraries, tools and
-documentation.
+documentation. Rust is a systems programming language that is fast,
+memory safe and multithreaded, but does not employ a garbage collector
+or otherwise impose significant runtime overhead.
 
 ## Quick Start