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How does Rust prevent race conditions at compile time?
Updated May 24, 2026
Short answer
Rust prevents race conditions using ownership rules and the absence of mutable aliasing.
Deep explanation
Rust enforces either multiple immutable references OR one mutable reference. This eliminates data races entirely in safe code. Concurrency is only allowed via synchronized primitives like Mutex or atomic types.
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