From 44b22fd1babe2104fa52205594e267295c36ff03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 19:42:30 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Rewrite the annoucement to take less space per line and eliminate the reference to common-lisp.net --- ANNOUNCEMENT | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCEMENT b/ANNOUNCEMENT index 8fe5416e2..c87e5d46c 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCEMENT +++ b/ANNOUNCEMENT @@ -1,34 +1,36 @@ Announcement of ECL =================== -ECL stands for Embeddable Common-Lisp. The ECL project aims to produce an -implementation of the Common-Lisp language which complies to the ANSI X3J13 -definition of the language. +ECL stands for Embeddable Common-Lisp. The ECL project aims to +produce an implementation of the Common-Lisp language which complies +to the ANSI X3J13 definition of the language. -The term embeddable refers to the fact that ECL includes a lisp to C compiler, -which produces libraries (static or dynamic) that can be called from C -programs. Furthermore, ECL can produce standalone executables from your lisp -code and can itself be linked to your programs as a shared library. +The term embeddable refers to the fact that ECL includes a lisp to C +compiler, which produces libraries (static or dynamic) that can be +called from C programs. Furthermore, ECL can produce standalone +executables from your lisp code and can itself be linked to your +programs as a shared library. -ECL supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris (at -least v. 9), Microsoft Windows and OSX, running on top of the Intel, Sparc, -Alpha and PowerPC processors. Porting to other architectures should be rather -easy. +ECL supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, +Solaris (at least v. 9), Microsoft Windows and OSX, running on top of +the Intel, Sparc, Alpha and PowerPC processors. Porting to other +architectures should be rather easy. -ECL is currently hosted at Common-Lisp.net and SourceForge. The home page of -the project is http://ecls.sourceforge.net, and in it you will find source code +ECL is currently hosted at SourceForge. The home page of the project +is http://ecls.sourceforge.net, and in it you will find source code releases, a CVS tree and some useful documentation. Known issues ============ -- The Mingw port does not work with the stable version of the Boehm-Weiser - garbage collector. Users will have to download a more recent version and - build and install it in an accessible location for ECL to compile. +- The Mingw port does not work with the stable version of the + Boehm-Weiser garbage collector. Users will have to download a more + recent version and build and install it in an accessible location + for ECL to compile. -- The OpenBSD port does not support multithreaded builds because the latest - stable version that runs on it does not contain all the required - functionality. +- The OpenBSD port does not support multithreaded builds because the + latest stable version that runs on it does not contain all the + required functionality. Changes since last release ========================== @@ -39,5 +41,5 @@ http://ecls.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ecls/ecl/src/CHANGELOG?view=markup ;;; Local Variables: *** ;;; mode:text *** -;;; fill-column:79 *** +;;; fill-column:69 *** ;;; End: ***