[throwlaplace]

great project for this lull.

i've been going through http://craftinginterpreters.com/ in rust (in order to learn rust) and it's a fantastic learning experience. the language is straightforward after you understand the basics (smart pointers and generics) and if you have a good ide with completion (CLion). lifetimes/borrow checker aren't as painful as people would have you believe if you use heap allocation (i.e. Box, Rc<RefCell>). now obviously heap allocation isn't optimal but for getting started it enables a smooth progression.