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diff --git a/web/question.txt b/web/question.txt deleted file mode 100755 index 6f6730f94..000000000 --- a/web/question.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,130 +0,0 @@ -=========================================== - Questions and Answers -=========================================== - - -General -======= - -What is Nimrod? ---------------- - -Nimrod is a new statically typed, imperative -programming language, that supports procedural, functional, object oriented and -generic programming styles while remaining simple and efficient. A special -feature that Nimrod inherited from Lisp is that Nimrod's abstract syntax tree -(*AST*) is part of the specification - this allows a powerful macro system which -can be used to create domain specific languages. Nimrod does not sacrifice -flexibility for speed. You get both. - -.. - Don't give me that marketing crap. What is Nimrod? - -------------------------------------------------- - - Nimrod = Mutable value based datatypes + static binding + sugar to make - this programming modell as convenient as possible - - -Why is it named Nimrod? ------------------------ -You have to find out for yourself. If you don't find a tongue-in-cheek -interpretation you will have to look harder. - - -How is Nimrod licensed? ------------------------ - -The Nimrod compiler is GPL licensed, the runtime library is LGPL licensed. -This means that you can use any license for your own programs developed with -Nimrod. If I receive enough requests with good arguments, I may change the -license of Nimrod to the BSD license. - -How stable is Nimrod? ---------------------- - -The compiler is in development and some important features are still missing. -However, the compiler is quite stable already: It is able to compile itself -and a substantial body of other code. Until version 1.0.0 is released, -incompatibilities with older versions of the compiler will be introduced. The -semantic details of overloading, macros/templates/generics and iterators -and their interactions are subject to change. - - -How fast is Nimrod? -------------------- -Benchmarks have not been ported yet and support for threads is missing. But in -the worst case, you can get the same performance as in C if you decide -to write as low-level Nimrod code as C requires you to do. That said the only -overhead Nimrod has over C is the GC which has been tuned for years. - - -What about JVM/CLR backends? ----------------------------- - -A JVM backend is almost impossible. The JVM is not expressive enough. It has -never been designed as a general purpose VM anyway. A CLR backend is possible -but would require much work. - - -Compilation -=========== - -Which option to use for the fastest executable? ------------------------------------------------ - -For the standard configuration file, ``-d:release`` does the trick. - - -Which option to use for the smallest executable? ------------------------------------------------- - -For the standard configuration file, ``-d:quick --opt:size`` does the trick. - - -Execution of GCC fails (Windows) --------------------------------- - -On Windows the configuration file ``config\nimrod.cfg`` assumes that GCC is in -``$nimrod\dist\mingw\bin``: This is where the Windows installer puts GCC. -If you delete the line ``gcc.path = r"$nimrod\dist\mingw\bin"``, Nimrod uses -the GCC from your ``PATH`` environment variable. - -If you cannot modify ``$nimrod\config\nimrod.cfg``, copy -``$nimrod\config\nimrod.cfg`` to ``%APPDATA%\nimrod.cfg`` and modify -``%APPDATA%\nimrod.cfg`` instead. To determine what ``%APPDATA%`` means for -your Windows account, use the shell command:: - - echo %APPDATA% - - - -How do I use a different C compiler than the default one? ---------------------------------------------------------- - -Edit the ``config/nimrod.cfg`` file. -Change the value of the ``cc`` variable to one of the following: - -============== ============================================ -Abbreviation C/C++ Compiler -============== ============================================ -``dmc`` Digital Mars C++ -``wcc`` Watcom C++ (now unsupported!) -``bcc`` Borland C++ (now unsupported!) -``vcc`` Microsoft's Visual C++ -``gcc`` Gnu C -``pcc`` Pelles C (now unsupported!) -``lcc`` Lcc-win32 (now unsupported!) -``tcc`` Tiny C -``llvm_gcc`` LLVM-GCC compiler -``icc`` Intel C++ compiler -``ucc`` Generic UNIX C compiler -============== ============================================ - -If your C compiler is not in the above list, try using the -*generic UNIX C compiler* (``ucc``). If the C compiler needs -different command line arguments try the ``--passc`` and ``--passl`` switches. -Unsupported compilers contain serious bugs that keep them from bootstrapping -Nimrod. - - - |