Re:Rust in 2017: what we achieved
by rhexs on Thursday December 21, 2017 @06:14PM
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How's the O'Reilly book so far? I made it through the second edition of the rust book but found it a bit lacking as a novice. I think a second time through the Rust book after writing a few programs will be really useful, but I wouldn't mind trying the O'Reilly one as well.
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I’m happy with it. I totally agree with mlevental‘s assessment of the intro. Just getting through that boosted my feeling of competency a lot. I’ve been anticipating this book for a long time, and I’m not disappointed at all.
Re:Rust in 2017: what we achieved
by steveklabnik on Thursday December 21, 2017 @06:20PM
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I’m pumped to get my paper copy shortly after the new year :)
If you’ve got some time to elaborate on how you struggled with the book, I’d be interested in hearing about it!
I think my original statement came off a bit harsh. For more context, I'm a C programmer who managed to avoid C++ and templating for...too long. Rust just has a lot of new (to me) ideas that will probably take a bit longer for me to grasp than other programmers.
As an example, reading the official documentation at first was an absolute struggle due to all the terminology and syntax I was only vaguely familiar from the book. It's getting easier as I practice more.
The more documentation -- the merrier. Thanks a ton for your work!
Re:Rust in 2017: what we achieved
by steveklabnik on Thursday December 21, 2017 @09:09PM
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Cool cool, no worries. You’re quite welcome!
Re:Rust in 2017: what we achieved
by sohkamyung on Thursday December 21, 2017 @07:58PM
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I've just started reading it and it looks good. The chapters on ownership and borrowing really clarify how it works in Rust.