Detailed instructions on how to Install and Setup Bend on your workstation.
1
Install dependencies
On Linux
# Install Rust if you haven't already.
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
# For the C version of Bend, use GCC. We recommend a version up to 12.x.
sudo apt install gcc
On Mac
# Install Rust.
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
# For the C version of Bend, use GCC. We recommend a version up to 12.x.
brew install gcc
2
Install Bend
Install HVM2 by running
# HVM2 is a massively parallel Interaction Combinator evaluator.
cargo install hvm
# This ensures HVM is correctly installed and accessible.
hvm --version
Install Bend by running:
# This command will install Bend
cargo install bend-lang
# This ensures Bend is correctly installed and accessible.
bend --version
3
Running Bend Programs
bend run <file.bend> # uses the C interpreter by default (parallel)
bend run-rs <file.bend> # uses the Rust interpreter (sequential)
bend run-c <file.bend> # uses the C interpreter (parallel)
bend run-cu <file.bend> # uses the CUDA interpreter (massively parallel)
