From 73acbebda058e5c8d1f00fe7402295d5f47e1778 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dennis Felsing <dennis@felsin9.de>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 03:38:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] New ideas, table of contents, cleanup

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@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@ The following list of projects are just some ideas that the community and the de
 # Projects
 
 ## Table of Contents
+  * [Nim Compiler](#nim-compiler)
+      * [Create a new REPL for Nim using TinyCC](#create-a-new-repl-for-nim-using-tinycc)
+      * [Make Nim a viable research platform for Garbage Collection algorithms](#make-nim-a-viable-research-platform-for-garbage-collection-algorithms)
+      * [Add a code generator for OpenCL](#add-a-code-generator-for-opencl)
+      * [Improve the JavaScript Backend](#improve-the-javascript-backend)
+      * [A strong theoretical foundation for Nim's parallel statement](#a-strong-theoretical-foundation-for-nims-parallel-statement)
+  * [Standard Library](#standard-library)
+      * [Enhance and expand the standard library documentation](#enhance-and-expand-the-standard-library-documentation)
+      * [High Level Game Library](#high-level-game-library)
+      * [Benchmarking library](#benchmarking-library)
+      * [MPI support](#mpi-support)
+  * [Tools &amp; Infrastructure](#tools--infrastructure)
+      * [nimfmt: Automatically format Nim code](#nimfmt-automatically-format-nim-code)
+      * [c2nim: Improve the automation of low-level C bindings](#c2nim-improve-the-automation-of-low-level-c-bindings)
+      * [Implement re2nim, a lexer generator for Nim](#implement-re2nim-a-lexer-generator-for-nim)
+      * [Implement a Nim backend for the Ragel state machine compiler](#implement-a-nim-backend-for-the-ragel-state-machine-compiler)
+
 
 ## Nim Compiler
 
@@ -217,6 +234,62 @@ as well.
 
 **Mentor:** def- ([@def-](http://github.com/def-))
 
+___
+#### Benchmarking library
+
+A high quality benchmarking library is a must for a high performance language.
+Time, memory usage, and utilization of each CPU core can be interesting metrics
+to measure. It should be possible to compare different implementations with a
+variety of inputs semi-automatically. The output of such a benchmarking library
+should be visually appealing and easy to share, similar to the one of
+[criterion](http://www.serpentine.com/criterion/fibber.html), a Haskell
+benchmarking library. Since Nim code can seamlessly be compiled with different
+C compilers and garbage collectors, make it possible to run benchmarks with
+combinations of these.
+
+**Tasks:**
+  * Implement ways to reliably measure time, memory usage and other metrics on multiple platforms. See [bench.nim](https://github.com/def-/nim-benchmarksgame/blob/master/bench.nim) for a start of doing this on Linux.
+  * Implement a way to specify inputs of different sizes for the code to be tested.
+  * Create Output reports in a nice HTML with Graphs and JavaScript.
+
+**Bonus Points:**
+  * Make it possible to run benchmark code from other languages as well.
+  * Use this library as the basis of a modern benchmarking game where participants submit algorithm implementations in many languages for comparisons, similar to [The Benchmarks Game](http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/).
+
+**Expected Result:** A high quality benchmarking library for Nim.
+
+**Difficulty:** Easy to Medium (depending on the scope)
+
+**Mentor:** def- ([@def-](http://github.com/def-))
+
+___
+#### High Level Game Library
+
+The Nim language is a good fit for writing games because of its high
+performance, script-like programming style and [controllable garbage
+collector](http://nim-lang.org/gc.html). There are many wrappers for existing
+game libraries available in Nim, such as
+[CSFML](https://github.com/blaxpirit/nim-csfml),
+[SDL2](https://github.com/nim-lang/sdl2),
+[GLFW](https://github.com/rafaelvasco/nimrod-glfw) and
+[Urho3D](https://github.com/3dicc/Urhonimo). In this idea a friendly, high
+level game library should be written directly in Nim with an SDL2 and possibly
+GLFW backend. This will allow games to be created more idiomatically and with
+less overhead involved. Other new languages like Rust have similar projects
+like [Piston](https://github.com/PistonDevelopers/piston).
+
+**Tasks:**
+  * Start implementing a high level game library on top of SDL2 and OpenGL, inspired by other game libraries like Piston and Pyglet.
+  * Prove the usability to write a simple Minecraft clone in the spirit of the 500 line Python/Pyglet [Minecraft](https://github.com/fogleman/Minecraft).
+
+**Expected Result:**
+  * Games can be written more easily in Nim.
+  * A simple Minecraft clone can be played.
+
+**Difficulty:** Medium
+
+**Mentor:** def- ([@def-](http://github.com/def-))
+
 ___
 #### MPI support