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diff --git a/linux/README.md b/linux/README.md index 5eabd571..ca003d28 100644 --- a/linux/README.md +++ b/linux/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,14 @@ -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)). +This directory contains Mu programs and infrastructure that require a Linux +kernel. To run programs under this directory, you must first `cd` into it. -Other apps beyond the Mu toolchain: + ```sh + $ cd linux/ + $ ./translate hello.mu # generates a.elf + $ ./a.elf + Hello world! + ``` + +Some programs to try out: * `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 @@ -18,10 +24,11 @@ Other apps beyond the Mu toolchain: * `factorial*`: A simple program to compute factorials in 5 versions, showing all the different syntax sugars and what they expand to. -The Mu toolchain is also here in the following phases: -* Core SubX: `hex`, `survey_elf`, `pack`, `dquotes`, `assort`, `tests` +The Mu compiler toolchain is also here in the following phases: + +* Bare 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` +* Mu->SubX compiler: `mu` 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 |