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author | jperkin <jperkin@pkgsrc.org> | 2016-09-06 10:36:49 +0000 |
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committer | jperkin <jperkin@pkgsrc.org> | 2016-09-06 10:36:49 +0000 |
commit | c4fe7b8a81d1fae1ab31b7204d42324b2132ca53 (patch) | |
tree | 808f526026801feec4e84052a8d24c7efcfd93fe /lang/rust/DESCR | |
parent | 4dba6e64c2c21258a661023129fe2ce2209f948d (diff) | |
download | pkgsrc-c4fe7b8a81d1fae1ab31b7204d42324b2132ca53.tar.gz |
Import rust 1.11.0 as lang/rust into pkgsrc.
pkgsrc notes:
* The build requires binary bootstraps built by the Rust team. Due
to the requirement that only the previous version is supported as
a bootstrap compiler, and new versions of Rust are released every
6 weeks, it is unlikely to be practical to build TNF bootstraps.
Users should evaluate whether they trust binaries from upstream.
* There is currently no SunOS bootstrap provided by the Rust team,
so for now a version built by myself is provided by Joyent.
* Only Darwin/Linux/SunOS are currently supported. The Rust team do
provide NetBSD bootstraps so support should be easy enough to add.
Information about Rust from the DESCR:
Rust is a systems programming language focused on three goals: safety,
speed, and concurrency. It maintains these goals without having a
garbage collector, making it a useful language for a number of use cases
other languages aren't good at: embedding in other languages, programs
with specific space and time requirements, and writing low-level code,
like device drivers and operating systems.
It improves on current languages targeting this space by having a number
of compile-time safety checks that produce no runtime overhead, while
eliminating all data races. Rust also aims to achieve "zero-cost
abstractions" even though some of these abstractions feel like those of
a high-level language. Even then, Rust still allows precise control
like a low-level language would.
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diff --git a/lang/rust/DESCR b/lang/rust/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..6dc90a671e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/rust/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Rust is a systems programming language focused on three goals: safety, +speed, and concurrency. It maintains these goals without having a +garbage collector, making it a useful language for a number of use cases +other languages aren't good at: embedding in other languages, programs +with specific space and time requirements, and writing low-level code, +like device drivers and operating systems. + +It improves on current languages targeting this space by having a number +of compile-time safety checks that produce no runtime overhead, while +eliminating all data races. Rust also aims to achieve "zero-cost +abstractions" even though some of these abstractions feel like those of +a high-level language. Even then, Rust still allows precise control +like a low-level language would. |