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| author | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2021-08-18 17:32:23 -0400 |
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| committer | Marshall Lochbaum <mwlochbaum@gmail.com> | 2021-08-18 17:32:23 -0400 |
| commit | d01198f380e89979e9583117b7fef44cb222364c (patch) | |
| tree | 5b930b68e033bdb5ea04897cbe926c481b925167 /docs/running.html | |
| parent | ab3ebfa3c585fee815980688965ffe3929e24aa2 (diff) | |
Update docs based on full header support
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diff --git a/docs/running.html b/docs/running.html index 4d1aac71..8ed679f2 100644 --- a/docs/running.html +++ b/docs/running.html @@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ </head> <div class="nav">(<a href="https://github.com/mlochbaum/BQN">github</a>) / <a href="index.html">BQN</a></div> <h1 id="how-to-run-bqn"><a class="header" href="#how-to-run-bqn">How to run BQN</a></h1> -<p>We are currently working quickly to make <a href="https://github.com/dzaima/CBQN">CBQN</a> into the definitive offline implementation. Compilation speed (self-hosted) is good, the only significant core language feature missing is block headers and multiple bodies, and the essential system functions are there. Unless you need to start heavy number crunching right away, I recommend that you use CBQN and make system function or performance requests on Github or the BQN forums.</p> -<p>A lot of development to date has been done in dzaima/BQN and uses features (mainly headers) that aren't in CBQN yet. Scripts in this repository use <code><span class='Value'>bqn</span></code> in the <code><span class='Comment'>#!</span></code> line if self-hosted or dzaima/BQN can run them, and <code><span class='Value'>dbqn</span></code> if only dzaima/BQN works.</p> +<p><a href="https://github.com/dzaima/CBQN">CBQN</a> is now the primary offline implementation. However, many scripts have been written for dzaima/BQN and they're not all transferred over yet. Scripts in this repository use <code><span class='Value'>bqn</span></code> in the <code><span class='Comment'>#!</span></code> line if self-hosted or dzaima/BQN can run them, and <code><span class='Value'>dbqn</span></code> if only dzaima/BQN works.</p> <h3 id="self-hosted-bqn"><a class="header" href="#self-hosted-bqn">Self-hosted BQN</a></h3> <p>See the subsections below for instructions on specific implementations.</p> -<p>This version of BQN is <a href="implementation/index.html">implemented</a> mainly in BQN itself, but a host language supplies basic functionality and can also replace primitives for better performance. This also allows <a href="doc/embed.html">embedding</a>, where programs in the host language can include BQN code. It fully supports all primitives except a few cases of structural Under (<code><span class='Modifier2'>⌾</span></code>), but is still missing some advanced features: block headers and multiple body syntax, derived 1-modifiers, and block returns.</p> +<p>This version of BQN is <a href="implementation/index.html">implemented</a> mainly in BQN itself, but a host language supplies basic functionality and can also replace primitives for better performance. This also allows <a href="doc/embed.html">embedding</a>, where programs in the host language can include BQN code. It fully supports all primitives except a few cases of structural Under (<code><span class='Modifier2'>⌾</span></code>), and is missing some minor syntax features such as derived 1-modifiers and block returns.</p> <p>Support in the following languages has been implemented:</p> <ul> <li>Javascript, in this repository. Slow (compiles at ~5kB/s) but usable.</li> |