New editions of the "the book"

for the final version of the second edition

for the 2018 edition

We've distributed a copy of "The Rust Programming Language," affectionatelynicknamed "the book", with every version of Rust since Rust 1.0.

However, because it was written before Rust 1.0, it started showing its age.Many parts of the book are vague, because it was written before the truedetails were nailed down for the 1.0 release. It didn't do a fantastic job ofteaching lifetimes.

Starting with Rust 1.18, we shipped drafts of a second edition of the book.The final version was shipped with Rust 1.26. The second edition is a completere-write from the ground up, using the last two years of knowledge we’vegained from teaching people Rust.

You can purchase a printed version of the second edition from No StarchPress. Now that the print version has shipped, thesecond edition is frozen.

As of 1.31, the book has been completely updated for the 2018 Edition release.It's still pretty close to the second edition, but contains information aboutnewer features since the book's content was frozen. Additionally, instead ofpublishing separate editions of the book, only the latest version of the bookis published online. You’ll find brand-new explanations for a lot of Rust’score concepts, new projects to build, and all kinds of other good stuff.Please check it out and let usknow what you think!