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diff --git a/doc/backends.rst b/doc/backends.rst index 1a6729ee6..52c16b9f7 100644 --- a/doc/backends.rst +++ b/doc/backends.rst @@ -76,13 +76,15 @@ available. This includes: * manual memory management (``alloc``, etc.) * casting and other unsafe operations (``cast`` operator, ``zeroMem``, etc.) * file management -* most modules of the standard library +* OS-specific operations +* threading, coroutines +* some modules of the standard library * proper 64 bit integer arithmetic -* unsigned integer arithmetic -However, the modules `strutils <strutils.html>`_, `math <math.html>`_, and -`times <times.html>`_ are available! To access the DOM, use the `dom -<dom.html>`_ module that is only available for the JavaScript platform. +To compensate, the standard library has modules `catered to the JS backend +<https://nim-lang.org/docs/lib.html#pure-libraries-modules-for-js-backend>`_ +and more support will come in the future (for instance, Node.js bindings +to get OS info). To compile a Nim module into a ``.js`` file use the ``js`` command; the default is a ``.js`` file that is supposed to be referenced in an ``.html`` |