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diff --git a/web/download.txt b/web/download.txt index f638a43b2..557788217 100644 --- a/web/download.txt +++ b/web/download.txt @@ -1,18 +1,138 @@ -Here you can download the latest version of the Nimrod Compiler. -Please choose your platform: -* source-based installation: `<download/nimrod_0.9.2.zip>`_ -* installer for Windows XP/Vista/7 (i386, 32bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.2.exe>`_ - (includes GCC and everything else you need) -* minimal installer for Windows XP/Vista/7 (i386, 32bit): `<download/nimrod_gamera_0.9.2.exe>`_ - ("Gamera edition": includes only a minimal GCC) - -The source-based installation has been tested on these systems: -* Linux: i386, AMD64, PowerPC, ARM -* BSD: AMD64 -* Mac OS X: i386, AMD64 -* Solaris: AMD64 - -Other UNIX-based operating systems may work. - -.. include:: ../install.txt +You can download the latest version of the Nimrod compiler here. You can +use the binaries provided or build from source. + +Binaries +======== + +All installers and archives contain the html documentation and tools +(nimgrep, c2nim and babel). + +**Note:** The Nimrod 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. + +Installers +---------- + +The "full" version includes a full mingw distribution which includes a C +compiler. The "slim" version lacks this. + +* Full (i386, 32bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_windows_i386_full.exe>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: dca7c63d0c1861d2d7c51b2e7a29fa98371750a10ab282d5df9de22a07719c24 + </p> + +* Slim (i386, 32bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_windows_i386_slim.exe>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: c0fcd1201bd20fad1e14b9d2cc2529494057068de1dd01f871cf129f088a8242 + </p> + +* Full (amd64, 64bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_windows_amd64_full.exe>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: af9d478c2f3361e0f238fcb07fa8e7ae5821938c0f9063c6670e925c9ae9d16e + </p> + +* Slim (amd64, 64bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_windows_amd64_slim.exe>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: 90c380721a46be2b9b8d5437187f701940aefc2e1fb9722dbc543f5c5a3bb85e + </p> + +Archives +-------- + +Windows +~~~~~~~ + +The "full" version includes a full mingw distribution which includes a C +compiler. The "slim" version lacks this. + +* Full (i386, 32bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_windows_i386_full.zip>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: 8ee18faaa3a3d5df482c7abd6aa7ea87a350d7328b80ce1e2d486b59a7a93956 + </p> + +* Slim (i386, 32bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_windows_i386_slim.zip>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: 7024fb8ad8f98c0bd4949ae36ed11b52b4e401754bbd62a11199d6dc8628d857 + </p> + +* Full (amd64, 64bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_windows_amd64_full.zip>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: cb33cacc1a84fec771323d24cb6d9795f4803882466a9f417b424990aa49e18a + </p> + +* Slim (amd64, 64bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_windows_amd64_slim.zip>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: fcf877e4bd1ebfa214749af6e4811cd8539af19f1d7b23017e4bd7f6cbfb3eba + </p> + +Linux +~~~~~ + +* Linux (i386, 32bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_linux_i386.tar.gz>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: 79DD337A77AC4313A75F2C5EED8252F00BBBDEB1E0C3504660D4A52EA63DBA92 + </p> +* Linux (amd64, 64bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_linux_amd64.tar.gz>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: 6F6CB3C727BA8059B7605C02942AE7910C20C2A3DC6A8A600D90D50FE61F0D8C + </p> +* Linux (ppc64, 64bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_linux_ppc64.tar.gz>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: 5DAC2D9F7F545929E04540E6E2594C68FC3126A3B2F7B1FA7DBA5E295B4A7D31 + </p> + +Mac OS X +~~~~~~~~ + +* Mac OS X (amd64, 64bit): `<download/nimrod_0.9.4_macosx_amd64.zip>`_ + + .. raw:: html + <p style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 0;"> + SHA256: E6F3A8E434DF3E89686F043954C6DFC09ABEBC0FC09D3B9A6B35C2B3102F7C3C + </p> + +If a binary for your platform is not available then you must build from source. +Bleeding edge binaries are available from the `Nimrod build farm <http://build.nimrod-lang.org/>`_. + +Source +====== + +Starting with 0.9.4 we now advise people to build directly from the +github `master <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod#compiling>`_ branch:: + + git clone -b master git://github.com/Araq/Nimrod.git + cd Nimrod + git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/nimrod-code/csources + cd csources && sh build.sh + cd .. + bin/nimrod c koch + ./koch boot -d:release + +The ``master`` branch always contains the latest stable version of the compiler. +If you want bleeding edge then switch to the ``devel`` branch and follow +the same instructions outlined above. diff --git a/web/index.txt b/web/index.txt index e504b65c4..c3459d56b 100644 --- a/web/index.txt +++ b/web/index.txt @@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ Nimrod plays nice with others interfacing.** * There are lots of bindings: for example, bindings to GTK2, the Windows API, the POSIX API, OpenGL, SDL, Cairo, Python, Lua, TCL, X11, libzip, PCRE, - libcurl, mySQL and SQLite are included in the standard distribution. + libcurl, mySQL and SQLite are included in the standard distribution or + can easily be obtained via the + `Babel package manager <https://github.com/nimrod-code/babel>`_. * A C to Nimrod conversion utility: New bindings to C libraries are easily generated by ``c2nim``. @@ -98,6 +100,6 @@ Nimrod plays nice with others Roadmap to 1.0 ============== -Version 0.9.x - * the symbol binding rules for templates will change - * a shared memory garbage collected heap will be provided +Please have a look at +this `wiki page <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/wiki/Feature-Matrix>`_ for +an up-to-date overview. diff --git a/web/news.txt b/web/news.txt index f7a9d05fa..4c41a0a76 100644 --- a/web/news.txt +++ b/web/news.txt @@ -4,17 +4,25 @@ News -2014-XX-XX Version 0.9.4 released +2014-04-21 Version 0.9.4 released ================================= The Nimrod development community is proud to announce the release of version -0.9.4 of the Nimrod compiler and tools. +0.9.4 of the Nimrod compiler and tools. **Note: This release has to be +considered beta quality! Lots of new features have been implemented but +unfortunately some do not fullfill our quality standards yet.** -This release includes about 1300 changes in total including various bug +Prebuilt binaries and instructions for building from source are available +on the `download page <download.html>`_. + +This release includes about +`1400 changes <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/compare/v0.9.2...v0.9.4>`_ +in total including various bug fixes, new languages features and standard library additions and improvements. This release brings with it support for user-defined type classes, a brand new VM for executing Nimrod code at compile-time and new symbol binding rules for clean templates. + It also introduces support for the brand new `Babel package manager <https://github.com/nimrod-code/babel>`_ which has itself seen its first release recently. Many of the wrappers that were @@ -63,6 +71,18 @@ capabilities. Note that this feature has been implemented with Nimrod's macro system and so ``await`` and ``async`` are no keywords. +Syntactic sugar for anonymous procedures has also been introduced. It too has +been implemented as a macro. The following shows some simple usage of the new +syntax: + +.. code-block::nimrod + import future + + var s = @[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] + echo(s.map((x: int) => x * 5)) + +A list of changes follows, for a comprehensive list of changes take a look +`here <https://github.com/Araq/Nimrod/compare/v0.9.2...v0.9.4>`_. Library Additions ----------------- @@ -77,6 +97,9 @@ Library Additions - Added module ``selectors``. - Added module ``asynchttpserver``. - Added support for the new asynchronous IO in the ``httpclient`` module. +- Added a Python-inspired ``future`` module that feature upcoming additions + to the ``system`` module. + Changes affecting backwards compatibility ----------------------------------------- @@ -102,6 +125,8 @@ Changes affecting backwards compatibility of sockets given to it. - The ``noStackFrame`` pragma has been renamed to ``asmNoStackFrame`` to ensure you only use it when you know what you're doing. +- Many of the wrappers that were present in the standard library have been + moved to separate repositories and should now be installed using Babel. Compiler Additions @@ -146,6 +171,7 @@ Language Additions of an outer proc. - The experimental ``strongSpaces`` parsing mode has been implemented. - You can annotate pointer types with regions for increased type safety. +- Added support for the builtin ``spawn`` for easy thread pool usage. Tools improvements diff --git a/web/ticker.txt b/web/ticker.txt index a4ddddbbe..f06b00572 100644 --- a/web/ticker.txt +++ b/web/ticker.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -<a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-XX-XX-version-0-9-4-released"> - <h3>Apr 20, 2014</h3> +<a class="news" href="news.html#Z2014-04-21-version-0-9-4-released"> + <h3>Apr 21, 2014</h3> <p>Nimrod version 0.9.4 has been released!</p> </a> @@ -46,4 +46,4 @@ <a class="news" href="news.html#Z2010-03-14-version-0-8-8-released"> <h3>Mar 14, 2010</h3> <p>Nimrod version 0.8.8 has been released!</p> -</a> \ No newline at end of file +</a> |