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diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt index 3ccc1715b..d1d23aebd 100644 --- a/web/news.txt +++ b/web/news.txt @@ -6,14 +6,67 @@ News 2014-10-21 Version 0.10.2 released ================================== - This release is the latest release before the release canditates for version - 1.0 roll in. Starting with version 0.10.2 the rename of the language to Nim - is officially complete. As the list of language changes is quite long it's - much more work to update the average Nim project than used to be the case. - However there is a new tool, `nimfix <nimfix.html>`_ to help you - in updating your code from Nimrod to Nim. This tool is unfortunately not - perfect but has been used to update thousands of lines of code successfully. - + 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. There are only a couple of last + things that need to be done: + + * Implementing static[T] properly + * Support for the overloading of the assignment operator + + Of course, the 1.0 release is not an end to the development of Nim. + It is very much the beginning and we will be fleshing out the then + stable 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 ----------------------------------------- |