Yep. Although in my opinion Programming Rust [0] is better even though dated. The word goes that the 2nd edition will be out by the end of the year.

[0]: https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Rust-Fast-Systems-Develop...

Somewhat agreed... If I hadn't started with the O'Reily book[1], would probably order. If the eBook were half the price, would get it anyway.

Edit: looks like it's a few bucks less on Amazon

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Rust-Fast-Systems-Develop... [2] https://www.amazon.com/Rust-Programming-Language-Steve-Klabn...

Off-topic, but I'll just ask, is the book Programming Rust: Fast, Safe Systems Development 1st Edition [1] still relevant / worth reading (given the book is based on an older, although stable? version of Rust)? If it isn't, does anyone know maybe if a 2nd, updated edition can be expected?

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Rust-Fast-Systems-Develop...

>the borrowing/ownership semantics of rust (at the time I looked at it) felt needlessly over complicated.

Taking a wild guess here, but it sounds like you maybe referring to issues addressed by Non-Lexical Lifetimes (NLL)?

Reference: https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/blob/master/text/2094-nll....

NLL are a part of Rust 2018 Edition.

Three complementary books are the best resources:

- The Official book: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/

- The Rust By Example book : https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/

- Programming Rust (O'Reilly) : https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Rust-Fast-Systems-Develop...