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# salsa
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[](https://travis-ci.org/salsa-rs/salsa)
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[](https://docs.rs/salsa)
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[](https://crates.io/crates/salsa)
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*A generic framework for on-demand, incrementalized computation.*
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## Obligatory warning
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Very much a WORK IN PROGRESS at this point. Ready for experimental use
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but expect frequent breaking changes.
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## Credits
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This system is heavily inspired by [adapton](http://adapton.org/), [glimmer](https://github.com/glimmerjs/glimmer-vm), and rustc's query
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system. So credit goes to Eduard-Mihai Burtescu, Matthew Hammer,
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Yehuda Katz, and Michael Woerister.
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## Key idea
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The key idea of `salsa` is that you define your program as a set of
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**queries**. Every query is used like function `K -> V` that maps from
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some key of type `K` to a value of type `V`. Queries come in two basic
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varieties:
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- **Inputs**: the base inputs to your system. You can change these
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whenever you like.
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- **Functions**: pure functions (no side effects) that transform your
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inputs into other values. The results of queries is memoized to
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avoid recomputing them a lot. When you make changes to the inputs,
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we'll figure out (fairly intelligently) when we can re-use these
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memoized values and when we have to recompute them.
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## Want to learn more?
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To learn more about Salsa, try one of the following:
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- read the [heavily commented `hello_world` example](examples/hello_world/main.rs);
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- check out the [Salsa book](https://salsa-rs.github.io/salsa);
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- watch one of our [videos](https://salsa-rs.github.io/salsa/videos.html).
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## Getting in touch
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The bulk of the discussion happens in the [issues](https://github.com/salsa-rs/salsa/issues)
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and [pull requests](https://github.com/salsa-rs/salsa/pulls),
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but we have a [zulip chat](https://salsa.zulipchat.com/) as well.
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