From aba8764322293860de6e5d5b8c63bc33561bcf89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Melody Horn Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:10:18 -0600 Subject: rebalance introductory material --- intro.rst | 47 ----------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 47 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 intro.rst (limited to 'intro.rst') diff --git a/intro.rst b/intro.rst deleted file mode 100644 index c77b2c7..0000000 --- a/intro.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,47 +0,0 @@ -************ -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 `_ - -Journal -======= - -* `Crowbar: Defining a good C replacement `_ -* `Crowbar: Simplifying C's type names `_ -* `Crowbar: Turns out, language development is hard `_ - -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 `_ -* `permanent discussion mailing list `_ -* ephemeral discussions via IRC: #crowbar-lang on freenode (`join via irc `_, `join via web `_) -- cgit v1.2.3