[AnonC]

Tangential question: is there a Rust equivalent for the book “The Design and Evolution of C++”?

[steveklabnik]

There is not.

I have often thought about writing something vaguely similar. We’ll see if I ever do. It wouldn’t be the same because I don’t hold the same position Bjarne did in the early days, but I am very interested in Rust history, and want to preserve it. It wouldn’t be from my perspective rather than from the creator’s perspective.

I did give a talk one time on Rust’s history. It was originally at FOSDEM, but there was an issue with the recording. The ACM graciously asked me to do it again to get it down on video https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2959689.2960081

[AnonC]

Thank you. It would be interesting to read the history, including the design decisions, the influences (and distractions), the trade offs, etc.

When I read “The Design and Evolution of C++”, it gave me a better understanding of the language.

[munificent]

I would 100% buy a hardback gold embossed version of this book.

[steveklabnik]

Well if I could make it half as good looking as Crafting Interpreters, maybe I’d manage to make it happen, hahah.

I’m mostly focused on jj with my writing right now, but we’ll see…