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diff --git a/rust/space-age/README.md b/rust/space-age/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9724784 --- /dev/null +++ b/rust/space-age/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +# Space Age + +Welcome to Space Age on Exercism's Rust Track. +If you need help running the tests or submitting your code, check out `HELP.md`. + +## Instructions + +Given an age in seconds, calculate how old someone would be on: + + - Mercury: orbital period 0.2408467 Earth years + - Venus: orbital period 0.61519726 Earth years + - Earth: orbital period 1.0 Earth years, 365.25 Earth days, or 31557600 seconds + - Mars: orbital period 1.8808158 Earth years + - Jupiter: orbital period 11.862615 Earth years + - Saturn: orbital period 29.447498 Earth years + - Uranus: orbital period 84.016846 Earth years + - Neptune: orbital period 164.79132 Earth years + +So if you were told someone were 1,000,000,000 seconds old, you should +be able to say that they're 31.69 Earth-years old. + +If you're wondering why Pluto didn't make the cut, go watch [this +youtube video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2gbGXzFbs). + +Some Rust topics you may want to read about while solving this problem: + +- Traits, both the From trait and implementing your own traits +- Default method implementations for traits +- Macros, the use of a macro could reduce boilerplate and increase readability + for this exercise. For instance, + [a macro can implement a trait for multiple types at once](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39150216/implementing-a-trait-for-multiple-types-at-once), + though it is fine to implement `years_during` in the Planet trait itself. A macro could + define both the structs and their implementations. Info to get started with macros can + be found at: + + - [The Macros chapter in The Rust Programming Language](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/book/ch19-06-macros.html) + - [an older version of the Macros chapter with helpful detail](https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.30.0/book/first-edition/macros.html) + - [Rust By Example](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rust-by-example/macros.html) + +## Source + +### Created by + +- @IanWhitney + +### Contributed to by + +- @ashleygwilliams +- @bobahop +- @coriolinus +- @cwhakes +- @durka +- @eddyp +- @efx +- @ErikSchierboom +- @IanWhitney +- @joshgoebel +- @lutostag +- @nfiles +- @ocstl +- @petertseng +- @rofrol +- @stringparser +- @xakon +- @ZapAnton + +### Based on + +Partially inspired by Chapter 1 in Chris Pine's online Learn to Program tutorial. - http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01 \ No newline at end of file |