Ferris the crab. Ferris is the unofficial mascot of the Rust Programming Language.

Many Rust programmers call themselves "Rustaceans", a play on the word "crustacean". Crustacean are a family of animals that include crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles.

Ferris is a name playing off of the adjective "ferrous", meaning of or pertaining to iron. Since Rust often forms on iron it seemed like a fun origin for the mascot’s name.

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* [b]Rust:[/b] [[rust (programming language)]]
* [b]Other mascot:[/b] [[corro (rust)]]
* [b]Ferris on rust homepage:[/b] https://www.rust-lang.org/learn/get-started#ferris
* [b]Webpage with images:[/b] https://rustacean.net/
ferris (rust)