1098- The Cistercian order of monks evolved because some monks became disenchanted by the lack of strict discipline in the Benedictine orders. Cistercian beliefs spread rapidly. Monks from this order were required to eat a simple diet, wear only a single robe, and eliminate any type of decoration or adornment …

Lyn Scanner

Example parser scanner written in Rust using the Lyn crate. This is part of the 2023 Advent of Code, Day 05.

This scanner is meant to parse data of the of the following format into maps of arrays:

seeds: 79 14 55 13

seed-to-soil map:
50 98 2 …

Although German kings frequently appointed high-ranking clergy to important civic positions, Pope Gregory issued a decree, in 1075, which banned the practice. King Henry IV, 1056- 1106 , who was no stranger to the practice, fiercely opposed the decree since his Investiture of the bishop of Milan, the second most important …

In twelfth century armed combat tournaments attendees generally participated in a melee. The 'melee' was a free for all battle among combatants armed with blunted weapons. Losers were taken prisoner and held for ransom, allowing the victors to reap huge profits at the expense of the losers.

In the high middle ages, , Chivalry was the code of ethics employed by nobility. Chivalry encouraged 'civilized' behavior. Knights were encouraged to defend the church and the meek, and to engage in combat only when an opponent was similarly armed.

Two Ways to Index a String in Rust

A Beginner Perspective

As a relative newcomer to Rust, with experience programming in C and C++, I am used to being able to directly index a String. In these languages, indexing a string is a simple operation. However, in Rust, things are …