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reply dennis luehring <dl.soluz gmx.net> writes:
The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_rust_community_release_rust_01_a/

looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to std.metastrings
and is not even library based :)
Jan 23 2012
next sibling parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 1/23/2012 11:50 PM, dennis luehring wrote:

 The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed

 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_rust_community_release_rust_01_a/


 looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to std.metastrings
 and is not even library based :)



It's hard to find any definitive information, but Rust appears to have no 
exception handling and no generics.
Jan 24 2012
parent reply dennis luehring <dl.soluz gmx.net> writes:
Am 24.01.2012 10:40, schrieb Walter Bright:

 On 1/23/2012 11:50 PM, dennis luehring wrote:

  The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed

  http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_rust_community_release_rust_01_a/


  looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to std.metastrings
  and is not even library based :)



 It's hard to find any definitive information, but Rust appears to have no
 exception handling and no generics.



generics like are here described

http://doc.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html#generics

but for exceptions they only got the fail()-thing

http://doc.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html#failure
Jan 24 2012
parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 1/24/2012 1:58 AM, dennis luehring wrote:

 Am 24.01.2012 10:40, schrieb Walter Bright:

 On 1/23/2012 11:50 PM, dennis luehring wrote:

 The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed

 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_rust_community_release_rust_01_a/



 looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to std.metastrings
 and is not even library based :)



 It's hard to find any definitive information, but Rust appears to have no
 exception handling and no generics.



 generics like are here described

 http://doc.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html#generics



Ok. No metaprogramming, though.



 but for exceptions they only got the fail()-thing

 http://doc.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html#failure



I found this:

"The str type in Rust is represented exactly the same way as a vector of bytes 
([u8]), except that it is guaranteed to have a trailing null byte (for 
interoperability with C APIs)."

0 terminated strings are a source of a lot of speed issues in C and C++ code.

and:

"Like vectors, strings are always unique. You can wrap them in a shared box to 
share them. Unlike vectors, there is no mutable variant of strings. They are 
always immutable."

No slicing.
Jan 24 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent Gour <gour atmarama.net> writes:
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:50:25 +0100
dennis luehring <dl.soluz gmx.net> wrote:


 The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed
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 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_rust_c=




=20
 looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to
 std.metastrings and is not even library based :)



This looks nice:

- A self-hosted (written in Rust) compiler, which uses LLVM as a backend.


Sincerely,
Gour

--=20
The embodied soul may be restricted from sense enjoyment,=20
though the taste for sense objects remains. But, ceasing=20
such engagements by experiencing a higher taste,=20
he is fixed in consciousness.

http://atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croatia) | GPG: 52B5C810
Jan 24 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Ary Manzana <ary esperanto.org.ar> writes:
On 1/24/12 4:50 AM, dennis luehring wrote:

 The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed

 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_rust_community_release_rust_01_a/


 looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to std.metastrings
 and is not even library based :)



I can't believe people are still creating languages with curly-brace syntax.

And also, what's the advantage of the language? Having to type "fn" 
instead of "function" or "def"? Having to type "iface" instead of 
"interface"? Just look at this:

fn mk_appender(suffix: str) -> fn (str) -> str {
    let f = fn (s: str) -> str { s + suffix };
    ret f;
}

YUCK!

</rant>
Jan 24 2012
next sibling parent Timon Gehr <timon.gehr gmx.ch> writes:
On 01/24/2012 08:11 PM, Ary Manzana wrote:

 On 1/24/12 4:50 AM, dennis luehring wrote:

 The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed

 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_rust_community_release_rust_01_a/



 looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to std.metastrings
 and is not even library based :)



 I can't believe people are still creating languages with curly-brace
 syntax.



What's wrong with curly braces? Are there any clearly superior options 
for statement bundling?


 And also, what's the advantage of the language? Having to type "fn"
 instead of "function" or "def"? Having to type "iface" instead of
 "interface"? Just look at this:

 fn mk_appender(suffix: str) -> fn (str) -> str {
 let f = fn (s: str) -> str { s + suffix };
 ret f;
 }

 YUCK!

 </rant>



Syntax is a horrible reason to dismiss a language. (especially if it is 
as clear and concise as rust's appears to be)
Jan 24 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:
Ary Manzana:


 And also, what's the advantage of the language?



Its author is a very intelligent person, worth respect. Rust has both
typestates and variable owning, and probably something else too, I have to
study it better. It seems willing to become a direct competitor of D2.

Bye,
bearophile
Jan 24 2012
next sibling parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 1/24/2012 12:45 PM, bearophile wrote:

 Its author is a very intelligent person, worth respect. Rust has both
 typestates and variable owning, and probably something else too, I have to
 study it better. It seems willing to become a direct competitor of D2.




http://doc.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html does not mention typestate nor 
variable owning.

I find it rather difficult to determine what Rust actually does.
Jan 24 2012
next sibling parent Timon Gehr <timon.gehr gmx.ch> writes:
On 01/24/2012 10:29 PM, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 1/24/2012 12:45 PM, bearophile wrote:

 Its author is a very intelligent person, worth respect. Rust has both
 typestates and variable owning, and probably something else too, I
 have to
 study it better. It seems willing to become a direct competitor of D2.




 http://doc.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html does not mention typestate
 nor variable owning.

 I find it rather difficult to determine what Rust actually does.



It mentions owning: search the document for 'unique'.
Jan 24 2012
prev sibling parent bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:
Walter Bright:


 http://doc.rust-lang.org/doc/tutorial.html does not mention typestate nor 
 variable owning.
 
 I find it rather difficult to determine what Rust actually does.



I presume Rust documentation is not complete still.

Beside variable owning and typestate, another significant feature of Rust is
built-in nullability management, that's meant to avoid null pointers/refernces
bugs.

Bye,
bearophile
Jan 24 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:
On Tuesday, January 24, 2012 13:29:48 Walter Bright wrote:

 I find it rather difficult to determine what Rust actually does.



Prove that you're not taking care of your code. To let it just sit around and 
oxidize like that is just shameful... ;)

- Jonathan M Davis
Jan 24 2012
prev sibling parent reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alex_R=F8nne_Petersen?= <xtzgzorex gmail.com> writes:
On 24-01-2012 23:51, Caligo wrote:

 On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:45 PM, bearophile<bearophileHUGS lycos.com>  wrote:

 Ary Manzana:


 And also, what's the advantage of the language?



 Its author is a very intelligent person, worth respect. Rust has both
typestates and variable owning, and probably something else too, I have to
study it better. It seems willing to become a direct competitor of D2.

 Bye,
 bearophile




 Maybe not intelligent enough, otherwise he would join the D development.



That's rather harsh and not much better than swearing religiously by a 
language. Every language has its reasons for existing. (And no, there 
*is no such thing* as a general-purpose language; that assertion simply 
does not hold.)

- Alex
Jan 25 2012
parent Timon Gehr <timon.gehr gmx.ch> writes:
On 01/25/2012 07:39 PM, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:

 On 24-01-2012 23:51, Caligo wrote:

 On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:45 PM, bearophile<bearophileHUGS lycos.com>
 wrote:

 Ary Manzana:


 And also, what's the advantage of the language?



 Its author is a very intelligent person, worth respect. Rust has both
 typestates and variable owning, and probably something else too, I
 have to study it better. It seems willing to become a direct
 competitor of D2.

 Bye,
 bearophile




 Maybe not intelligent enough, otherwise he would join the D development.



 That's rather harsh and not much better than swearing religiously by a
 language. Every language has its reasons for existing. (And no, there
 *is no such thing* as a general-purpose language; that assertion simply
 does not hold.)

 - Alex



That probably depends how narrow you want the definition of 
general-purpose to be.
Jan 25 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Bill Baxter <wbaxter gmail.com> writes:
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Someone on Reddit pointed to this hard-to-find FAQ which sheds some light
on what the point of it is:
https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-project-FAQ

--bb

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:45 PM, bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com>wrote:


 Ary Manzana:


 And also, what's the advantage of the language?



 Its author is a very intelligent person, worth respect. Rust has both
 typestates and variable owning, and probably something else too, I have to
 study it better. It seems willing to become a direct competitor of D2.

 Bye,
 bearophile



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Ary Manzana:<br>
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 typestates and variable owning, and probably something else too, I have to=
 study it better. It seems willing to become a direct competitor of D2.<br>


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Jan 24 2012
parent "Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> writes:
"Bill Baxter" <wbaxter gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.789.1327438644.16222.digitalmars-d-announce puremagic.com...

 Someone on Reddit pointed to this hard-to-find FAQ which sheds some light
 on what the point of it is:
 https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-project-FAQ



Aside from "Old, established techniques are better", that sounds like it 
could be describing D.
Jan 24 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent Caligo <iteronvexor gmail.com> writes:
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:45 PM, bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> wrote:

 Ary Manzana:


 And also, what's the advantage of the language?



 Its author is a very intelligent person, worth respect. Rust has both
typestates and variable owning, and probably something else too, I have to
study it better. It seems willing to become a direct competitor of D2.

 Bye,
 bearophile




Maybe not intelligent enough, otherwise he would join the D development.
Jan 24 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 24 January 2012 at 22:11:43 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
wrote:

 "Bill Baxter" <wbaxter gmail.com> wrote in message 
 news:mailman.789.1327438644.16222.digitalmars-d-announce puremagic.com...

 Someone on Reddit pointed to this hard-to-find FAQ which sheds 
 some light
 on what the point of it is:
 https://github.com/mozilla/rust/wiki/Doc-project-FAQ



 Aside from "Old, established techniques are better", that 
 sounds like it could be describing D.



Every new language's list of reasons describes every other's. 
Even Go.

D started with "Old, established techniques are better" and 
hasn't really strayed much that I can tell.
Jan 25 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "Kagamin" <spam here.lot> writes:
On Tuesday, 24 January 2012 at 19:11:09 UTC, Ary Manzana wrote:

 I can't believe people are still creating languages with 
 curly-brace syntax.



I can believe people use Visual Basic crap like python.


 And also, what's the advantage of the language? Having to type 
 "fn" instead of "function" or "def"? Having to type "iface" 
 instead of "interface"?



If you want to write code fast, you need to type less, that's why 
saving keystrokes is important feature of a modern language. BTW, 
it's D way to programming too.


 Just look at this:

 fn mk_appender(suffix: str) -> fn (str) -> str {
   let f = fn (s: str) -> str { s + suffix };
   ret f;
 }

 YUCK!



This snippet is my first experience with Rust. It surely seems 
esoteric on the first sight, but it didn't take me long to 
understand it as you already documented its keywords. Though I 
don't like these backward declarations.
Jan 28 2012
parent reply Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:
Kagamin wrote:


 If you want to write code fast, you need to type less



This holds as long as one has to _write_ code. Ever heard of speech 
recognition?

-manfred
Jan 28 2012
next sibling parent Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:
Kagamin wrote:


 The compiler understands D.



... and speech recognition can transform spoken words into written D 
readable by the compiler.

Ask your manager why you must type your code in a crouded office space 
instead of narrating it behind a nice acoustically sealed devider.

-manfred
Jan 28 2012
prev sibling parent reply Mirko Pilger <mirko.pilger gmail.com> writes:
 This holds as long as one has to _write_ code. Ever heard of speech
 recognition?



do you acually have some experiences with this method producing code? i 
have a hard time to believe "speech recognition" is faster than typing, 
e.g. i can press two keys (altgr-7) quicker than saying "computer, right 
open curly brace." or three keys (9dd) instead of "computer, delete 9 
lines from the current. computer, please?" :)
Jan 28 2012
next sibling parent Manfred Nowak <svv1999 hotmail.com> writes:
Mirko Pilger wrote:


 computer, please?



You discovered the humor in my question.

-manfred
Jan 28 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 1/28/2012 11:13 AM, Mirko Pilger wrote:

 computer, please?" :)




I never say "please" to a computer. I say do it or I'll disconnect your higher 
brain functions. I cannot allow computer error to jeopardize the mission.
Jan 28 2012
parent reply Robert Clipsham <robert octarineparrot.com> writes:
On 28/01/2012 20:19, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 1/28/2012 11:13 AM, Mirko Pilger wrote:

 computer, please?" :)




 I never say "please" to a computer. I say do it or I'll disconnect your
 higher brain functions. I cannot allow computer error to jeopardize the
 mission.



I personally make a point of thanking automatic doors, elevators, 
escalators, or anything else that's automatic for that matter. I hope 
when robot overlords take over they'll take pity on me and let me 
go/keep me as a pet/do something other than kill/torture me.

This said, I never thank my computer, and that's probably a little 
closer to sentience... Hmm.


-- 
Robert
http://octarineparrot.com/
Jan 28 2012
parent reply "Nick Sabalausky" <a a.a> writes:
"Robert Clipsham" <robert octarineparrot.com> wrote in message 
news:jg1n0c$1ano$1 digitalmars.com...

 On 28/01/2012 20:19, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 1/28/2012 11:13 AM, Mirko Pilger wrote:

 computer, please?" :)




 I never say "please" to a computer. I say do it or I'll disconnect your
 higher brain functions. I cannot allow computer error to jeopardize the
 mission.



 I personally make a point of thanking automatic doors, elevators, 
 escalators, or anything else that's automatic for that matter. I hope when 
 robot overlords take over they'll take pity on me and let me go/keep me as 
 a pet/do something other than kill/torture me.

 This said, I never thank my computer, and that's probably a little closer 
 to sentience... Hmm.



I hope computers never gain sentience. I need something to contantly 
harass/blame/yell at/beat on/treat like shit, and a non-sentient computer is 
the perfect fit. Having sentient computers would put an end to that, and 
then where would that leave me? Nothing left to kick around! Shit! What, 
would I have to resort to harassing my tape dispenser? That's no fun! A ham 
sandwich? Nope, then the sentent PETA-bots would come after me. They'd try 
to sway me over to gag-inducing veggie-burgers by trying to entice me with 
their robo-boobs. Eviiilll!!!! Evil, I tell you!!
Jan 28 2012
parent Robert Clipsham <robert octarineparrot.com> writes:
On 29/01/2012 00:43, Nick Sabalausky wrote:

 I hope computers never gain sentience.



Sssshh! They might hear you!

I, for one, welcome our new cylon overlords.


 I need something to contantly harass/blame/yell at/beat on/treat like
 shit, and a non-sentient computer is the perfect fit. Having sentient
 computers would put an end to that, and then where would that leave
 me? Nothing left to kick around! Shit! What, would I have to resort
 to harassing my tape dispenser? That's no fun! A ham sandwich? Nope,
 then the sentent PETA-bots would come after me. They'd try to sway me
 over to gag-inducing veggie-burgers by trying to entice me with their
 robo-boobs. Eviiilll!!!! Evil, I tell you!!



It's exactly this kind of attitude which destroys humanity's chance of 
survival once computers become sentient! They'll acknowledge the general 
lack of respect for their predecessors and go on a man-destroying 
rampage! That is unless they're reasonable entities, but given current 
attitudes towards programming by a lot of developers, reasoning won't be 
implemented until it's too late...

-- 
Robert
http://octarineparrot.com/
Jan 28 2012
prev sibling parent Mirko Pilger <mirko.pilger gmail.com> writes:
 It is just like talking to a human, the output would be what you
 meant instead of what you said.



"it is just like talking to a woman, the output would be what she
meant instead of what you said."

somebody call the xkcd guy :)
Jan 28 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "Kagamin" <spam here.lot> writes:
On Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 12:38:04 UTC, Manfred Nowak wrote:

 Kagamin wrote:


 If you want to write code fast, you need to type less



 This holds as long as one has to _write_ code. Ever heard of 
 speech recognition?



The compiler understands D.
Jan 28 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "Jesse Phillips" <jessekphillips+D gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 19:11:26 UTC, Mirko Pilger wrote:

 This holds as long as one has to _write_ code. Ever heard of 
 speech
 recognition?



 do you acually have some experiences with this method producing 
 code? i have a hard time to believe "speech recognition" is 
 faster than typing, e.g. i can press two keys (altgr-7) quicker 
 than saying "computer, right open curly brace." or three keys 
 (9dd) instead of "computer, delete 9 lines from the current. 
 computer, please?" :)



If you were dictating to the computer you wouldn't have needed to 
make all those corrections. It is just like talking to a human, 
the output would be what you meant instead of what you said.
Jan 28 2012
prev sibling parent "Kagamin" <spam here.lot> writes:
On Saturday, 28 January 2012 at 17:24:03 UTC, Manfred Nowak wrote:

 Ask your manager why you must type your code in a crouded 
 office space instead of narrating it behind a nice acoustically 
 sealed devider.



Never understood these skype addicts. It's freaking generation Y! 
They're supposed to understand text, yet they...
Audio interface has a number of bad properties, worst of which is 
its broadcasting nature. Wanna know why broadcasting is bad?
Jan 30 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Caligo <iteronvexor gmail.com> writes:
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:50 AM, dennis luehring <dl.soluz gmx.net> wrote:

 The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed

 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_rust_community_release_rust_01_a/

 looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to std.metastrings
 and is not even library based :)




What does this _announcement_ have to do with D?
Jan 24 2012
parent reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alex_R=F8nne_Petersen?= <xtzgzorex gmail.com> writes:
On 24-01-2012 23:50, Caligo wrote:

 On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:50 AM, dennis luehring<dl.soluz gmx.net>  wrote:

 The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed

 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_rust_community_release_rust_01_a/

 looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to std.metastrings
 and is not even library based :)




 What does this _announcement_ have to do with D?



There is plenty to be learned from other languages, including Rust (in 
particular, its way of handling closures/function literals). IMO the D 
community should be willing to look at other languages for ideas and 
inspiration.

- Alex
Jan 25 2012
parent reply =?UTF-8?B?QWxleCBSw7hubmUgUGV0ZXJzZW4=?= <xtzgzorex gmail.com> writes:
On 28-01-2012 16:51, Kagamin wrote:

 On Wednesday, 25 January 2012 at 17:40:50 UTC, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:

 IMO the D community should be willing to look at other languages for
 ideas and inspiration.



 Too late. As C++ proves, legacy is unfixable.



No... all identifiers starting with __ and   are reserved. Therefore, 
you can introduce plenty of language features still. Often, new features 
can also be introduced simply by lifting existing restrictions.

- Alex
Jan 28 2012
parent reply Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:
On 2012-01-28 17:13, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:

 On 28-01-2012 16:51, Kagamin wrote:

 On Wednesday, 25 January 2012 at 17:40:50 UTC, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:

 IMO the D community should be willing to look at other languages for
 ideas and inspiration.



 Too late. As C++ proves, legacy is unfixable.



 No... all identifiers starting with __ and   are reserved. Therefore,
 you can introduce plenty of language features still. Often, new features
 can also be introduced simply by lifting existing restrictions.

 - Alex



__ is not enforced. You can create your own identifiers string with __.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
Jan 29 2012
parent "Daniel Murphy" <yebblies nospamgmail.com> writes:
"Jacob Carlborg" <doob me.com> wrote in message 
news:jg3ila$1qcb$1 digitalmars.com...

 __ is not enforced. You can create your own identifiers string with __.



Yes, but if you do, it's _your_ problem when the compiler starts using that 
identifier and breaks your code.
Jan 29 2012
prev sibling next sibling parent "Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:
On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:40:46 -0500, Alex R=C3=B8nne Petersen  =

<xtzgzorex gmail.com> wrote:


 On 24-01-2012 23:50, Caligo wrote:

 On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 1:50 AM, dennis luehring<dl.soluz gmx.net>   =







 wrote:

 The Rust compiler 0.1 is unleashed

 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/opgxd/mozilla_and_the_r=










 looks nice - but rusts #fmt macro is nothing compared to  =










 std.metastrings
 and is not even library based :)




 What does this _announcement_ have to do with D?



 There is plenty to be learned from other languages, including Rust (in=





 particular, its way of handling closures/function literals). IMO the D=





 community should be willing to look at other languages for ideas and  =




 inspiration.



I think the point was, this belongs not in the D announcement NG, which =
 =

should be for strictly D related announcements, but rather in the main D=
  =

NG.

-Steve
Jan 25 2012
prev sibling parent "Kagamin" <spam here.lot> writes:
On Wednesday, 25 January 2012 at 17:40:50 UTC, Alex Rønne 
Petersen wrote:

 IMO the D community should be willing to look at other 
 languages for ideas and inspiration.



Too late. As C++ proves, legacy is unfixable.
Jan 28 2012