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diff --git a/linux/README.md b/linux/README.md index 23b61058..5eabd571 100644 --- a/linux/README.md +++ b/linux/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ +A set of standard libraries for building programs that run with just a Linux +kernel. Most programs here read from stdin and write to stdout. One of these +programs is the Mu compiler ([colorized sources](http://akkartik.github.io/mu/html/apps/mu.subx.html)). - - -Some apps written in SubX and Mu. Check out: +Other apps beyond the Mu toolchain: * `tile`: [An experimental live-updating postfix shell environment](https://mastodon.social/@akkartik/105108305362341204) that updates as you type. Prototype. Look at this to see what is currently @@ -17,15 +18,13 @@ Some apps written in SubX and Mu. Check out: * `factorial*`: A simple program to compute factorials in 5 versions, showing all the different syntax sugars and what they expand to. -* Code unique to phases of our build toolchain: - * Core SubX: `hex`, `survey_elf`, `pack`, `dquotes`, `assort`, `tests` - * Syntax sugar for SubX: `sigils`, `calls`, `braces` - * More ambitious translator for a memory-safe language (in progress): `mu` - -* Miscellaneous test programs. +The Mu toolchain is also here in the following phases: +* Core SubX: `hex`, `survey_elf`, `pack`, `dquotes`, `assort`, `tests` +* Syntax sugar for SubX: `sigils`, `calls`, `braces` +* More ambitious translator for a memory-safe language (in progress): `mu` -All SubX apps include binaries. At any commit, an example's binary should be -identical bit for bit with the result of translating the corresponding `.subx` -file. The binary should also be natively runnable on a Linux system running on -Intel x86 processors, either 32- or 64-bit. If either of these invariants is -violated, it's a bug. +The toolchain includes binaries in the repo. At any commit, the binary should +be identical bit for bit with the result of translating the corresponding +`.subx` file. The binary should also be natively runnable on a Linux system +running on Intel x86 processors, either 32- or 64-bit. If either of these +invariants is violated, it's a bug. |