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authorjperkin <jperkin@pkgsrc.org>2016-09-06 10:36:49 +0000
committerjperkin <jperkin@pkgsrc.org>2016-09-06 10:36:49 +0000
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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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+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.