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diff --git a/web/question.txt b/web/question.txt index 0733a2455..c4d997922 100644 --- a/web/question.txt +++ b/web/question.txt @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ General FAQ language that tries to give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime efficiency. This means it focuses on compile-time mechanisms in all their - various forms. Beneath a nice infix/indentation based syntax with a - powerful (AST based, hygienic) macro system lies a semantic model that supports - a soft realtime GC on thread local heaps. Asynchronous message passing is used - between threads, so no "stop the world" mechanism is necessary. An unsafe - shared memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency that results + various forms. Beneath a nice infix/indentation based syntax with a + powerful (AST based, hygienic) macro system lies a semantic model that supports + a soft realtime GC on thread local heaps. Asynchronous message passing is used + between threads, so no "stop the world" mechanism is necessary. An unsafe + shared memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency that results from that model. @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ General FAQ Why yet another programming language? ------------------------------------- - Nim is one of the very few *programmable* statically typed languages, and - one of the even fewer that produces native binaries that require no + Nim is one of the very few *programmable* statically typed languages, and + one of the even fewer that produces native binaries that require no runtime or interpreter. @@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ General FAQ What is Nim's take on concurrency? ---------------------------------- - Nim primarily focusses on thread local (and garbage collected) heaps and - message passing between threads. Each thread has its own GC, so no + Nim primarily focusses on thread local (and garbage collected) heaps and + message passing between threads. Each thread has its own GC, so no "stop the world" mechanism is necessary. An unsafe shared memory heap is also provided. - Future versions will additionally include a GC "per thread group" + Future versions will additionally include a GC "per thread group" and Nim's type system will be enhanced to accurately model this shared memory heap. @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ General FAQ ------------------ 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 + 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, minor incompatibilities with older versions of the compiler will be introduced. @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ General FAQ How fast is Nim? ---------------- - Benchmarks show it to be comparable to C. Some language features (methods, + Benchmarks show it to be comparable to C. Some language features (methods, closures, message passing) are not yet as optimized as they could and will be. - The only overhead Nim has over C is the GC which has been tuned + The only overhead Nim has over C is the GC which has been tuned for years but still needs some work. @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ General FAQ 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. + but would require much work. .. container:: standout @@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ General FAQ - jEdit: https://github.com/exhu/nimrod-misc/tree/master/jedit - TextMate: Available in bundle installer (`Repository <https://github.com/textmate/nim.tmbundle>`_) - Sublime Text: Available via Package Control (`Repository <https://github.com/Varriount/NimLime>`_) + - LiClipse: http://www.liclipse.com/ (Eclipse based plugin) .. container:: standout |