No and no. Err, no. :-p IMHO learning Rust is the most effective way of learning Rust... This is half tongue in cheek but really, this book is not even my fav

No and no. Err, no. :-p IMHO learning Rust is the most effective way of learning Rust... This is half tongue in cheek but really, this book is not even my fav when it comes to learning about type checking and type inference, simply and quickly (see my other comment in this post). Also I feel like the really different thing about rust when comparing to other strictly typed languages is actually the borrow checker. Honestly i have no idea how it's implemented, or if this book will help you build one. Maybe someone in here may know.