Add Carbon/Rust API

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Feature request

ASALI should be improved with modern programming languages. I suggest to start working with:

• Carbon
• Rust
• Anything in your minds...

Solution that we would like to have

This improvement should be added to the api branch.
Since new contributors are always welcome, here a short TODO list to make the implementation of new programming languages easier:

• Develop the files parser (usually called database-generator): ASALI properties estimation method is based on 4 different files, containing fitting parameters for the formula that should be implemented. NASA standardized the file structure long time ago, so please dont change it!!! To make the use of ASALI-API more user-friendly, we decided to hard-code this parameters. For this reason, the file parser should read those files and convert them into hard-coded vector/matrix. An example can be found here.
• Develop the set/get function: ASALI requires to set some properties (e.g. Temperature, Pressure, Composition) and get other properties (e.g Viscosity, Density). Here, you can find a list of the get and set function required, with also the type of variable required.
• Develop the core formulas: ASALI is based on mathematical formulas to estimate gas mixture properties. Once you need them, feel free to comment this issue.
• Develop the example: To improve the user experience of ASALI-API, we add examples to show how to use it.

Comments

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