The Rust Programming Language

i ended up reading the [online experimental version](https://rust-book.cs.brown.edu/experiment-intro.html) because of the quizzes and the fundamental belief in tangible learning (and that quizzes are a step up from just reading but a step under learning through practice and experience). rust is a fascinating language whose super power is the compiler (much of which is the borrow checker) and whose core frustration is likely the same thing. the field has shown that when memory safety and speed are fundamental concerns, teams choosing RUST has made gains well worth the overhead it takes to adopt such a stringent language. it feels like a worthy tool in the toolbox and i wonder if LLMs and super powered IDEs will chip further at the difficult onboarding experience languages like Rust has on novices. the book is an excellent intro (especially when paired with quizzes) though in exchange, it makes a large number of assumptions about prequisites and for some of the advanced chapters it speed runs so fast you won't even know what hit you by the time you on the next chapter.