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diff --git a/web/download.txt b/web/download.txt index f57e5a249..248c0b1bf 100644 --- a/web/download.txt +++ b/web/download.txt @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -You can download the latest version of the Nimrod compiler here. +You can download the latest version of the Nim compiler here. -**Note:** The Nimrod compiler requires a C compiler to compile software. On +**Note:** The Nim compiler requires a C compiler to compile software. On Windows we recommend that you use `Mingw-w64 <http://mingw-w64.sourceforge.net/>`_. GCC is recommended on Linux and clang on Mac OS X. @@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ and clang on Mac OS X. Binaries ======== -Unfortunately for now we only provide builds for Windows. +Unfortunately for now we provide no binary builds. -* 32 bit: `nimrod_0.9.6.exe <download/nimrod_0.9.6.exe>`_ -* 64 bit: `nimrod_0.9.6_x64.exe <download/nimrod_0.9.6_x64.exe>`_ +.. + Unfortunately for now we only provide builds for Windows. + * 32 bit: `nim_0.10.2.exe <download/nim_0.10.2.exe>`_ + * 64 bit: `nim_0.10.2_x64.exe <download/nim_0.10.2_x64.exe>`_ Installation based on generated C code @@ -22,13 +24,13 @@ This installation method is the preferred way for Linux, Mac OS X, and other Uni like systems. Binary packages may be provided later. -Download `nimrod_0.9.6.zip <download/nimrod_0.9.6.zip>`_, extract it and follow +Download `nim_0.10.2.zip <download/nim_0.10.2.zip>`_, extract it and follow these instructions: * sh build.sh * Add ``$your_install_dir/bin`` to your PATH. -There are other ways to install Nimrod (like using the ``install.sh`` script), +There are other ways to install Nim (like using the ``install.sh`` script), but these tend to cause more problems. diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt index a2b3bdd4c..ddeab0f9b 100644 --- a/web/news.txt +++ b/web/news.txt @@ -2,198 +2,197 @@ News ==== -.. - 2014-10-21 Version 0.10.2 released - ================================== - - This release marks the completion of a very important change to the project: - the official renaming from Nimrod to Nim. Version 0.10.2 contains many language - changes, some of which may break your existing code. For your convenience, we - added a new tool called `nimfix <nimfix.html>`_ that will help you convert your - existing projects so that it works with the latest version of the compiler. - - Progress towards version 1.0 - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - Although Nim is still pre-1.0, we were able to keep the number of breaking - changes to a minimum so far. Starting with version 1.0, we will not introduce - any breaking changes between major release versions. - One of Nim's goals is to ensure that the compiler is as efficient as possible. - Take a look at the - `latest benchmarks <https://github.com/logicchains/LPATHBench/blob/master/writeup.md>`_, - which show that Nim is consistently near - the top and already nearly as fast as C and C++. Recent developments, such as - the new ``asyncdispatch`` module will allow you to write efficient web server - applications using non-blocking code. Nim now also has a built-in thread pool - for lightweight threading through the use of ``spawn``. - - The unpopular "T" and "P" prefixes on types have been deprecated. Nim also - became more expressive by weakening the distinction between statements and - epxressions. We also added new and searchable forums, a new website, and our - documentation generator ``docgen`` has seen major improvements. - - What's left to be done - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - The 1.0 release is actually very close. Apart from bug fixes, there are - two major features missing or incomplete: - - * ``static[T]`` needs to be defined precisely and the bugs in the - implementation need to be fixed. - * Overloading of the assignment operator is required for some generic - containers and needs to be implemented. - - This means that fancy matrix libraries will finally start to work, which used - to be a major point of pain in the language. - - - Nimble and other Nim tools - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - - Outside of the language and the compiler itself many Nim tools have seen - considerable improvements. - - Babel the Nim package manager has been renamed to Nimble. Nimble's purpose - is the installation of packages containing libraries and/or applications - written in Nim. - Even though Nimble is still very young it already is very - functional. It can install packages by name, it does so by accessing a - packages repository which is hosted on a Github repo. Packages can also be - installed via a Git repo URL or Mercurial repo URL. The package repository - is searchable through Nimble. Anyone is free to add their own packages to - the package repository by forking the - `nim-lang/packages <https://github.com/nim-lang/packages>`_ repo and creating - a pull request. Nimble is fully cross-platform and should be fully functional - on all major operating systems. - It is of course completely written in Nim. - - Changelog - ~~~~~~~~~ - - Changes affecting backwards compatibility - ----------------------------------------- - - - **The language has been renamed from Nimrod to Nim.** The name of the - compiler changed from ``nimrod`` to ``nim`` too. - - ``system.fileHandle`` has been renamed to ``system.getFileHandle`` to - prevent name conflicts with the new type ``FileHandle``. - - Comments are now not part of the AST anymore, as such you cannot use them - in place of ``discard``. - - Large parts of the stdlib got rid of the T/P type prefixes. Instead most - types now simply start with an uppercased letter. The - so called "partial case sensitivity" rule is now active allowing for code - like ``var foo: Foo`` in more contexts. - - String case (or any non-ordinal case) statements - without 'else' are deprecated. - - Recursive tuple types are not allowed anymore. Use ``object`` instead. - - The PEGS module returns ``nil`` instead of ``""`` when an optional capture - fails to match. - - The re module returns ``nil`` instead of ``""`` when an optional capture - fails to match. - - The "symmetric set difference" operator (``-+-``) never worked and has been - removed. - - ``defer`` is a keyword now. - - ``func`` is a keyword now. - - The ``using`` language feature now needs to be activated via the new - ``{.experimental.}`` pragma that enables experimental language features. - - Destructors are now officially *experimental*. - - Standalone ``except`` and ``finally`` statements are deprecated now. - The standalone ``finally`` can be replaced with ``defer``, - standalone ``except`` requires an explicit ``try``. - - Operators ending in ``>`` are considered as "arrow like" and have their - own priority level and are right associative. This means that - the ``=>`` and ``->`` operators from the `future <future.html>`_ module - work better. - - Field names in tuples are now ignored for type comparisons. This allows - for greater interoperability between different modules. - - Statement lists are not converted to an implicit ``do`` block anymore. This - means the confusing ``nnkDo`` nodes when working with macros are gone for - good. - - - Language Additions - ------------------ - - - The new concurrency model has been implemented including ``locks`` sections, - lock levels and object field ``guards``. - - The ``parallel`` statement has been implemented. - - ``deepCopy`` has been added to the language. - - The builtin ``procCall`` can be used to get ``super``-like functionality - for multi methods. - - There is a new pragma ``{.experimental.}`` that enables experimental - language features per module, or you can enable this features on a global - level with the ``--experimental`` command line option. - - - Compiler Additions - ------------------ - - - The compiler now supports *mixed* Objective C / C++ / C code generation: - The modules that use ``importCpp`` or ``importObjc`` are compiled to C++ - or Objective C code, any other module is compiled to C code. This - improves interoperability. - - There is a new ``parallel`` statement for safe fork&join parallel computing. - - ``guard`` and ``lock`` pragmas have been implemented to support safer - concurrent programming. - - The following procs are now available at compile-time:: - - math.sqrt, math.ln, math.log10, math.log2, math.exp, math.round, - math.arccos, math.arcsin, math.arctan, math.arctan2, math.cos, math.cosh, - math.hypot, math.sinh, math.sin, math.tan, math.tanh, math.pow, - math.trunc, math.floor, math.ceil, math.fmod, - os.getEnv, os.existsEnv, os.dirExists, os.fileExists, - system.writeFile - - - Two backticks now produce a single backtick within an ``emit`` or ``asm`` - statement. - - There is a new tool, `nimfix <nimfix.html>`_ to help you in updating your - code from Nimrod to Nim. - - The compiler's output has been prettified. - - Library Additions - ----------------- - - - Added module ``fenv`` to control the handling of floating-point rounding and - exceptions (overflow, division by zero, etc.). - - ``system.setupForeignThreadGc`` can be used for better interaction with - foreign libraries that create threads and run a Nim callback from these - foreign threads. - - List comprehensions have been implemented as a macro in the ``future`` - module. - - The new Async module (``asyncnet``) now supports SSL. - - The ``smtp`` module now has an async implementation. - - Added module ``asyncfile`` which implements asynchronous file reading - and writing. - - ``osproc.kill`` has been added. - - ``asyncnet`` and ``asynchttpserver`` now support ``SO_REUSEADDR``. - - Bugfixes - -------- - - - ``nil`` and ``NULL`` are now preserved between Nim and databases in the - ``db_*`` modules. - - Fixed issue with OS module in non-unicode mode on Windows. - - Fixed issue with ``x.low`` - (`#1366 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1366>`_). - - Fixed tuple unpacking issue inside closure iterators - (`#1067 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1067>`_). - - Fixed ENDB compilation issues. - - Many ``asynchttpserver`` fixes. - - Macros can now keep global state across macro calls - (`#903 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/903>`_). - - ``osproc`` fixes on Windows. - - ``osproc.terminate`` fixed. - - Improvements to exception handling in async procedures. - (`#1487 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1487>`_). - - ``try`` now works at compile-time. - - Fixes ``T = ref T`` to be an illegal recursive type. - - Self imports are now disallowed. - - Improved effect inference. - - Fixes for the ``math`` module on Windows. - - User defined pragmas will now work for generics that have - been instantiated in different modules. - - Fixed queue exhaustion bug. - - Many, many more. +2014-12-29 Version 0.10.2 released +================================== + +This release marks the completion of a very important change to the project: +the official renaming from Nimrod to Nim. Version 0.10.2 contains many language +changes, some of which may break your existing code. For your convenience, we +added a new tool called `nimfix <nimfix.html>`_ that will help you convert your +existing projects so that it works with the latest version of the compiler. + +Progress towards version 1.0 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Although Nim is still pre-1.0, we were able to keep the number of breaking +changes to a minimum so far. Starting with version 1.0, we will not introduce +any breaking changes between major release versions. +One of Nim's goals is to ensure that the compiler is as efficient as possible. +Take a look at the +`latest benchmarks <https://github.com/logicchains/LPATHBench/blob/master/writeup.md>`_, +which show that Nim is consistently near +the top and already nearly as fast as C and C++. Recent developments, such as +the new ``asyncdispatch`` module will allow you to write efficient web server +applications using non-blocking code. Nim now also has a built-in thread pool +for lightweight threading through the use of ``spawn``. + +The unpopular "T" and "P" prefixes on types have been deprecated. Nim also +became more expressive by weakening the distinction between statements and +epxressions. We also added a new and searchable forum, a new website, and our +documentation generator ``docgen`` has seen major improvements. + +What's left to be done +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The 1.0 release is actually very close. Apart from bug fixes, there are +two major features missing or incomplete: + +* ``static[T]`` needs to be defined precisely and the bugs in the + implementation need to be fixed. +* Overloading of the assignment operator is required for some generic + containers and needs to be implemented. + +This means that fancy matrix libraries will finally start to work, which used +to be a major point of pain in the language. + + +Nimble and other Nim tools +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Outside of the language and the compiler itself many Nim tools have seen +considerable improvements. + +Babel the Nim package manager has been renamed to Nimble. Nimble's purpose +is the installation of packages containing libraries and/or applications +written in Nim. +Even though Nimble is still very young it already is very +functional. It can install packages by name, it does so by accessing a +packages repository which is hosted on a Github repo. Packages can also be +installed via a Git repo URL or Mercurial repo URL. The package repository +is searchable through Nimble. Anyone is free to add their own packages to +the package repository by forking the +`nim-lang/packages <https://github.com/nim-lang/packages>`_ repo and creating +a pull request. Nimble is fully cross-platform and should be fully functional +on all major operating systems. +It is of course completely written in Nim. + +Changelog +~~~~~~~~~ + +Changes affecting backwards compatibility +----------------------------------------- + +- **The language has been renamed from Nimrod to Nim.** The name of the + compiler changed from ``nimrod`` to ``nim`` too. +- ``system.fileHandle`` has been renamed to ``system.getFileHandle`` to + prevent name conflicts with the new type ``FileHandle``. +- Comments are now not part of the AST anymore, as such you cannot use them + in place of ``discard``. +- Large parts of the stdlib got rid of the T/P type prefixes. Instead most + types now simply start with an uppercased letter. The + so called "partial case sensitivity" rule is now active allowing for code + like ``var foo: Foo`` in more contexts. +- String case (or any non-ordinal case) statements + without 'else' are deprecated. +- Recursive tuple types are not allowed anymore. Use ``object`` instead. +- The PEGS module returns ``nil`` instead of ``""`` when an optional capture + fails to match. +- The re module returns ``nil`` instead of ``""`` when an optional capture + fails to match. +- The "symmetric set difference" operator (``-+-``) never worked and has been + removed. +- ``defer`` is a keyword now. +- ``func`` is a keyword now. +- The ``using`` language feature now needs to be activated via the new + ``{.experimental.}`` pragma that enables experimental language features. +- Destructors are now officially *experimental*. +- Standalone ``except`` and ``finally`` statements are deprecated now. + The standalone ``finally`` can be replaced with ``defer``, + standalone ``except`` requires an explicit ``try``. +- Operators ending in ``>`` are considered as "arrow like" and have their + own priority level and are right associative. This means that + the ``=>`` and ``->`` operators from the `future <future.html>`_ module + work better. +- Field names in tuples are now ignored for type comparisons. This allows + for greater interoperability between different modules. +- Statement lists are not converted to an implicit ``do`` block anymore. This + means the confusing ``nnkDo`` nodes when working with macros are gone for + good. + + +Language Additions +------------------ + +- The new concurrency model has been implemented including ``locks`` sections, + lock levels and object field ``guards``. +- The ``parallel`` statement has been implemented. +- ``deepCopy`` has been added to the language. +- The builtin ``procCall`` can be used to get ``super``-like functionality + for multi methods. +- There is a new pragma ``{.experimental.}`` that enables experimental + language features per module, or you can enable this features on a global + level with the ``--experimental`` command line option. + + +Compiler Additions +------------------ + +- The compiler now supports *mixed* Objective C / C++ / C code generation: + The modules that use ``importCpp`` or ``importObjc`` are compiled to C++ + or Objective C code, any other module is compiled to C code. This + improves interoperability. +- There is a new ``parallel`` statement for safe fork&join parallel computing. +- ``guard`` and ``lock`` pragmas have been implemented to support safer + concurrent programming. +- The following procs are now available at compile-time:: + + math.sqrt, math.ln, math.log10, math.log2, math.exp, math.round, + math.arccos, math.arcsin, math.arctan, math.arctan2, math.cos, math.cosh, + math.hypot, math.sinh, math.sin, math.tan, math.tanh, math.pow, + math.trunc, math.floor, math.ceil, math.fmod, + os.getEnv, os.existsEnv, os.dirExists, os.fileExists, + system.writeFile + +- Two backticks now produce a single backtick within an ``emit`` or ``asm`` + statement. +- There is a new tool, `nimfix <nimfix.html>`_ to help you in updating your + code from Nimrod to Nim. +- The compiler's output has been prettified. + +Library Additions +----------------- + +- Added module ``fenv`` to control the handling of floating-point rounding and + exceptions (overflow, division by zero, etc.). +- ``system.setupForeignThreadGc`` can be used for better interaction with + foreign libraries that create threads and run a Nim callback from these + foreign threads. +- List comprehensions have been implemented as a macro in the ``future`` + module. +- The new Async module (``asyncnet``) now supports SSL. +- The ``smtp`` module now has an async implementation. +- Added module ``asyncfile`` which implements asynchronous file reading + and writing. +- ``osproc.kill`` has been added. +- ``asyncnet`` and ``asynchttpserver`` now support ``SO_REUSEADDR``. + +Bugfixes +-------- + +- ``nil`` and ``NULL`` are now preserved between Nim and databases in the + ``db_*`` modules. +- Fixed issue with OS module in non-unicode mode on Windows. +- Fixed issue with ``x.low`` + (`#1366 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1366>`_). +- Fixed tuple unpacking issue inside closure iterators + (`#1067 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1067>`_). +- Fixed ENDB compilation issues. +- Many ``asynchttpserver`` fixes. +- Macros can now keep global state across macro calls + (`#903 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/903>`_). +- ``osproc`` fixes on Windows. +- ``osproc.terminate`` fixed. +- Improvements to exception handling in async procedures. + (`#1487 <https://github.com/Araq/Nim/issues/1487>`_). +- ``try`` now works at compile-time. +- Fixes ``T = ref T`` to be an illegal recursive type. +- Self imports are now disallowed. +- Improved effect inference. +- Fixes for the ``math`` module on Windows. +- User defined pragmas will now work for generics that have + been instantiated in different modules. +- Fixed queue exhaustion bug. +- Many, many more. 2014-12-09 New website design! diff --git a/web/babelpkglist.nim b/web/nimblepkglist.nim index 7070f281b..7070f281b 100644 --- a/web/babelpkglist.nim +++ b/web/nimblepkglist.nim diff --git a/web/ticker.txt b/web/ticker.txt index a0d2f0a78..64218084e 100644 --- a/web/ticker.txt +++ b/web/ticker.txt @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ +<a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-12-29-version-0-10-2-released"> + <h4>Dec 29, 2014</h4> + <p>Nim version 0.10.2 has been released!</p> +</a> + <a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-12-09-new-website-design"> <h4>Dec 9, 2014</h4> <p>The new website design and forum are now online!</p> </a> -<a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-10-19-version-0-9-6-released"> - <h4>Oct 19, 2014</h4> - <p>Nimrod version 0.9.6 has been released!</p> -</a> - <a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-02-11-nimrod-featured-in-dr-dobb-s-journal"> <h4>Feb 11, 2014</h4> <p>Nimrod featured in Dr. Dobb's Journal</p> |