X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=distrib%2FREADME;h=83f3a8e0197ddbff3728e049489615d20c1a6424;hb=9c53ab920eadae4acac293f561857e1bf56f3b7c;hp=f509e56816fd2e8318211f9a57baded90f780340;hpb=74bdbedb054eb487c4a68f892bed8b041f232ca3;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/distrib/README b/distrib/README index f509e56..83f3a8e 100644 --- a/distrib/README +++ b/distrib/README @@ -1,21 +1,8 @@ -This is the root directory for functional-programming tools -distributed by the Computing Science Department at Glasgow University. -Simon Peyton Jones is the ringleader of this -effort. The tools are: +This is the README for a binary distribution of the +functional-programming tools, distributed by the Computing Science +Department at Glasgow University. Simon Peyton Jones + is the ringleader of this effort. - ghc the Glasgow Haskell compilation system - hslibs collection of Haskell libraries - haggis the Haggis GUI toolkit - happy the Happy Haskell parser generator - nofib the NoFib Haskell benchmarking suite - literate the Glasgow "literate programming" system - mkworld configuration system (derived from X11 imake) - glafp-utils shared utility programs +For more information on what this bundle contains, please +consult the ANNOUNCE and INSTALL file. -The "literate" stuff is usually distributed *with* other systems, but -not necessarily. Components which are always part of a distribution -(never stand-alone) are "glafp-utils" and "mkworld" (a configuration -system). - -There is usually an ANNOUNCE* file with any distribution. Please -consult that, or the /README file, to find out how to proceed.