# Introducing Rust for Windows, and the windows crate

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/introducing-rust-for-windows-and-the-windows-crate/37118>\
**Category:** Backend In The News\
**Tags:** rust, windows\
**Created:** [19 January 2022 23:37 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/introducing-rust-for-windows-and-the-windows-crate/37118 "2022-01-19T23:37:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/overminddl1/32/52_2.png) [@OvermindDL1](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/OvermindDL1)\
**Post date:** [20 January 2022 16:41 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/introducing-rust-for-windows-and-the-windows-crate/37118/3 "2022-01-20T16:41:11Z")

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The windows system crate that Microsoft made for Rust is pretty awesome, it’s what the windows header for C/C++ should have done long ago (but since they didn’t then compiling that header is a bit of hell especially in compilation time for quick rebuilds, hence excessive precompiled header horrors).

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