Re: [q-lang-users] [Faudiostream-devel] Pure 0.1 released

[Orlarey Y. <or...@gr...>]

Albert Graef a écrit :
> (Crossposted to q-lang-users and faudiostream-devel.)
>
> (Yann, I hope that it's ok to crosspost to the Faust list? I think that
> at least some Faust programmers may be interested in this, too.)
>
> For the impatient: Pure (a.k.a. the "Pure Universal Rewriting Engine",
> slated to become Q's successor) has been released. For downloads and
> info see http://pure-lang.sf.net.
>   
I have tried to compile Pure with LLVM 1.8 (the packaged version for my 
ubuntu 7.10) but it seems to be really too old and some files are 
missing (llvm/Support/LLVMBuilder.h). I will have to install LLVM 2.2...

Yann

> For the not-so-impatient:
>
> ** Pure 0.1 2008-04-29
>
> Release 0.1 of Pure is now available. Like Q, Pure is a modern-style FPL
> based on term rewriting, which is slated to eventually become Q's much
> improved successor. Pure offers many new and powerful features (most
> notably: local functions, block structure, lexical closures, incremental
> compilation, direct C interface, and a much improved interpreter
> environment) and a completely new and cleaner design and C++-based
> implementation.
>
> Compared to Q, Pure programs also run *much* faster (typically by a
> factor of at least 20-30). That's because the Pure interpreter has an
> LLVM backend (http://llvm.org) which compiles Pure scripts to native
> code on the fly. The code generated by the current interpreter is
> already fairly good -- on the "recursive" benchmark of the "Language
> Shootout" it has a performance factor of about 34 (measured against gcc
> -O3) which puts it in about the same league as MZScheme.
>
> This is the much-awaited initial release. ;-) The interpreter is already
> fully functional, but of course there's still a lot to be done (see the
> TODO file for details). Please note that this is a preliminary, "beta"
> release, so expect some bugs (and please report them!).
>
> The Pure project is hosted by SourceForge, see http://pure-lang.sf.net
> for more information and downloads. A mailing list for discussing Pure
> is now available there, too.
>
> You'll need LLVM to compile and run the interpreter (LLVM 2.2 has been
> tested). Please see the INSTALLATION section in the README file in the
> sources to get up and running quickly. After Pure is installed, read the
> Pure manual page (also available in various formats from the Pure
> website) and have a look at the stuff in the examples subdir, especially
> hello.pure, and at the standard library modules (lib/*.pure).
>
> Enjoy! :)
>
> Albert
>
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