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diff --git a/intro.rst b/intro.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c77b2c7 --- /dev/null +++ b/intro.rst @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +************ +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 `footguns`_ and as much needless complexity from C as possible while still being familiar to C developers. + +.. _footguns: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/footgun + +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 :doc:`/vs-c` is an informal overview of the places where Crowbar and C diverge. + +Syntax +====== + +:doc:`/syntax` + +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>`_) |