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Not to be pander, but I wonder if anyone has worked on a translation of this to Rust.

doodlesdev 4y ago
Tell me you use Hacker News without telling me you use it hahahaha. But seriously, I'm not sure of any kind of material like this for Rust, but I believe that's because it's simply not needed since we already have "the book" [0], rustlings [1], and rust by example [2]. Honestly, learning Rust is just absurdly simple and straightforward if you have the motivation to do so, these guides are so good I don't see much of a good reason to develop different ones. [0]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ [1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/ https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/ [2]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/
- steveklabnik 4y ago
  As someone who helped write one of those guides… I would encourage people to write even more. Different texts can help different people. The more the merrier!
  - thrwawy74 4y ago
    This is exactly what I have found. You can find 10+ guides on networking and usually it's 1 chapter from this author, 1 from this author, 2 from over here... the perspectives or writing styles collage together to present me with the thing that helps the material "click". Enough exposure and you become capable :)
beej71 4y ago
I just want to go on record as saying there will never be a *comprehensive* Beej's Guide to Rust. There will never be another comprehensive Beej's Guide to Any Language, for that matter. I've learned my lesson. :) C is one of the most simple languages there is, and it's YOUGE. There's a good reason other books skim over the library functions. The only saving grace is that C is relatively mature and (hopefully) doesn't change much every decade. Rust is changing so quickly it'd be a near-full-time job just to keep up. Maybe I'll write some blog posts about Rust sometime as I improve with it. I think the language is all kinds of fun. And the free Rust books and tutorials that are out there are already awesome.

Tell me you use Hacker News without telling me you use it hahahaha. But seriously, I'm not sure of any kind of material like this for Rust, but I believe that's because it's simply not needed since we already have "the book" [0], rustlings [1], and rust by example [2]. Honestly, learning Rust is just absurdly simple and straightforward if you have the motivation to do so, these guides are so good I don't see much of a good reason to develop different ones. [0]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ [1]: https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/ https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings/ [2]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/ https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/

steveklabnik 4y ago
As someone who helped write one of those guides… I would encourage people to write even more. Different texts can help different people. The more the merrier!
- thrwawy74 4y ago
  This is exactly what I have found. You can find 10+ guides on networking and usually it's 1 chapter from this author, 1 from this author, 2 from over here... the perspectives or writing styles collage together to present me with the thing that helps the material "click". Enough exposure and you become capable :)

beej71 4y ago

I just want to go on record as saying there will never be a *comprehensive* Beej's Guide to Rust. There will never be another comprehensive Beej's Guide to Any Language, for that matter. I've learned my lesson. :) C is one of the most simple languages there is, and it's YOUGE. There's a good reason other books skim over the library functions. The only saving grace is that C is relatively mature and (hopefully) doesn't change much every decade. Rust is changing so quickly it'd be a near-full-time job just to keep up. Maybe I'll write some blog posts about Rust sometime as I improve with it. I think the language is all kinds of fun. And the free Rust books and tutorials that are out there are already awesome.