latest news

2011-07-10
Nimrod version 0.8.12 has been released! Get it here.
2010-10-20
Nimrod version 0.8.10 has been released!
2010-03-14
Nimrod version 0.8.8 has been released!
2009-12-21
Nimrod version 0.8.6 has been released!
2009-10-21
Nimrod version 0.8.2 has been released!
2009-09-12
Nimrod version 0.8.0 has been released!
2009-06-08
Nimrod version 0.7.10 has been released!
2009-05-08
Nimrod version 0.7.8 has been released!
2009-04-22
Nimrod version 0.7.6 has been released!
2009-01-22
Forum added!
2009-01-07
Nimrod version 0.7.4 has been released!
2008-12-12
Nimrod version 0.7.2 has been released!
2008-11-16
Nimrod version 0.7.0 has been released!
2008-08-22
Nimrod version 0.6.0 has been released!
2008-06-22
This page is finally online!

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Incorrect documentation is often worse than no documentation. -- Bertrand Meyer

The documentation consists of several documents:

  • Tutorial (part I)
    The Nimrod tutorial part one deals with the basics.

  • Tutorial (part II)
    The Nimrod tutorial part two deals with the advanced language constructs.

  • Library documentation
    This document describes Nimrod's standard library.

  • User guide
    The user guide lists command line arguments, special features of the compiler, etc.

  • Tools documentation
    Description of some tools that come with the standard distribution.

  • Manual
    The Nimrod manual is a draft that will evolve into a proper specification.

  • Source code filters
    The Nimrod compiler supports source code filters as a simple yet powerful builtin templating system.

  • Internal documentation
    The internal documentation describes how the compiler is implemented. Read this if you want to hack the compiler.

  • Index
    The generated index. Index + (Ctrl+F) == Joy