const and static

There are two other ways to declare values, not just with let. These are const and static. Also, Rust won't use type inference: you need to write the type for them. These are for values that don't change (const means constant). The difference is that:

const is for values that don't change, the name is replaced with the value when it's used,
static is similar to const, but has a fixed memory location and can act as a global variable.

So they are almost the same. Rust programmers almost always use const.

You write them with ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, and usually outside of main so that they can live for the whole program.

Two examples are: const NUMBER_OF_MONTHS: u32 = 12; and static SEASONS: [&str; 4] = ["Spring", "Summer", "Fall", "Winter"];