From 25487abce46fb585bb5b0f1474fee5d2a2c52186 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dennis Schridde Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 10:59:57 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Hint at 2nd edition of this book Text copied from index.md --- first-edition/src/README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/first-edition/src/README.md b/first-edition/src/README.md index 72842d4f7..6bbb9db37 100644 --- a/first-edition/src/README.md +++ b/first-edition/src/README.md @@ -36,4 +36,16 @@ is the first. After this: The source files from which this book is generated can be found on [GitHub][book]. +### Second edition of this book + +There are two editions of "The Rust Programming Language", this being the +[first edition][first-edition]. + +The [second edition][second-edition] is a complete re-write. It is still under +construction, though it is far enough along to learn most of Rust. We suggest +reading the second edition and then checking out the first edition later to pick +up some of the more esoteric parts of the language. + [book]: https://github.com/rust-lang/book/tree/master/first-edition/src +[first-edition]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ +[second-edition]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/book/second-edition/