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diff --git a/index.md b/index.md deleted file mode 100644 index f20cb69..0000000 --- a/index.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Introduction ---- - -Crowbar: the good parts of C, with a little bit extra. - -**This is entirely a work-in-progress, and should not be relied upon to be stable (or even true) in any way.** - -Crowbar is a language that is derived from (and, wherever possible, interoperable with) C, and aims to remove as many [footgun](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/footgun)s and as much needless complexity from C as possible while still being familiar to C developers. - -Ideally, a typical C codebase should be straightforward to rewrite in Crowbar, and any atypical C constructions not supported by Crowbar can be left as C. - -# Motivation - -- [Rust is not a good C replacement](https://drewdevault.com/2019/03/25/Rust-is-not-a-good-C-replacement.html) - -# Journal - -- [Crowbar: Defining a good C replacement](https://www.boringcactus.com/2020/09/28/crowbar-1-defining-a-c-replacement.html) -- [Crowbar: Simplifying C's type names](https://www.boringcactus.com/2020/10/13/crowbar-2-simplifying-c-type-names.html) -- [Crowbar: Turns out, language development is hard](https://www.boringcactus.com/2020/10/19/crowbar-3-this-is-tough.html) - -# Comparison with C - -The [comparison with C](vs-c.md) is an informal overview of the places where Crowbar and C diverge. - -# Syntax - -[Read the Syntax chapter of the spec.](syntax.md) - -# Semantics - -TODO - -# Discuss - -- [announcement mailing list](https://lists.sr.ht/~boringcactus/crowbar-lang-announce) -- [permanent discussion mailing list](https://lists.sr.ht/~boringcactus/crowbar-lang-devel) -- ephemeral discussions via IRC: #crowbar-lang on freenode ([join via irc](ircs://chat.freenode.net/#crowbar-lang), [join via web](https://webchat.freenode.net/#crowbar-lang)) |