# The Rust Programming Language by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Rust Programming Language by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its Rust learning resources, including Brown PLT's trait debugger and an OOP patterns section. Critics say Brown's borrowing chapter changes are worse.

## Why people recommend it

- Extra Brown PLT learning resources (1 comments): "Brown PLT group has a lot of Rust resources like a debugger for traits" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46167297))
- Covers OOP patterns in Rust (1 comments): "The rust book also has a section on OOP patterns in Rust." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46356502))

## What people warn about

- Some early chapters can be skimmed (1 comments): "There's some early chapters that can be skimmed through" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50048017))
- Brown borrowing chapters judged worse (1 comments): "the alterations Brown makes to the chapters on borrowing are strictly worse" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425078))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Crafting Interpreters by Robert Nystrom](https://hackerapproved.com/p/crafting-interpreters.md): 60 recommend
- [Clean Code by Robert C. Martin](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clean-code.md): 31 recommend
- [The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pragmatic-programmer.md): 28 recommend
- [How to Design Programs by Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/how-to-design-programs.md): 18 recommend
- [Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mastering-emacs.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Rust+Book&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Rust Programming Language by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rust-book/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).