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Re:The Advanced Rust Programming Language Book Draft by hacker_9 on Friday July 31, 2015 @08:15AM (#9981244)
Author no doubt understands programming, and the ins and outs of Rust, but has a harder time conveying his ideas in written English.

For one italics are used so much to the point of being annoying after the first 3(!) paragraphs. When something is written in italics, the reader puts more emphasis on the pronunciation of the word, lengthening the amount of time they read it for. Do this enough times and the writer starts coming across as sarcastic, and even seems to be mocking the very language constructs he is writing an advanced tutorial about!

No doubt this was not intended, and I would urge the author to take a few days off before coming back and re-reading their work, so they can try and see it from the perspective of an outsider.

Re:The Advanced Rust Programming Language Book Draft by Manishearth on Friday July 31, 2015 @01:58PM (#9983219)
> No doubt this was not intended,

I'm pretty sure the informal tone was very much intended. There's not much sarcasm there though.

Re:The Advanced Rust Programming Language Book Draft by hacker_9 on Friday July 31, 2015 @02:54PM (#9983595)
Yes it is informal, but the overuse of italics makes it come across as mocking, which is what I was referring to.
Re:The Advanced Rust Programming Language Book Draft by AlisdairO on Friday July 31, 2015 @09:30AM (#9981596)
I actually really enjoy the informal language, but I appreciate it's not universally loved.

Wonderful content, regardless.

Re:The Advanced Rust Programming Language Book Draft by baseballmerpeak on Friday July 31, 2015 @09:34AM (#9981628)
Exactly