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How does Rust ensure safe concurrency with Arc and Mutex?
Updated May 24, 2026
Short answer
Arc provides shared ownership, Mutex ensures exclusive access.
Deep explanation
Arc enables multiple ownership across threads, while Mutex ensures only one thread accesses data at a time. Together they enforce thread-safe shared state patterns.
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