From 5f8d065d5d8467a0024696855647c0dae7235af7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kartik Agaram Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 21:29:47 -0800 Subject: 7833 --- README.md | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e24b2bdb..62580afa 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ to _some_ safe and clear syntax with as few layers of translation as possible. The emphasis is on internal consistency at any point in time rather than compatibility with the past. ([More details.](http://akkartik.name/akkartik-convivial-20200607.pdf)) -Currently Mu requires a 32-bit x86 processor. Generated programs require just -a Linux kernel and nothing else. +Currently Mu requires a 32-bit x86 processor. ## Goals @@ -66,11 +65,11 @@ The Mu stack consists of: - _bare_ SubX, a more rudimentary form of SubX without certain syntax sugar. All Mu programs get translated through these layers into tiny zero-dependency -ELF binaries that run natively on Linux. The translators for most levels are -built out of lower levels. The translator from Mu to SubX is written in SubX, -and the translator from SubX to bare SubX is built in bare SubX. There is also -an emulator for Mu's supported subset of x86, that's useful for [debugging -SubX programs](subx_debugging.md). +binaries that run natively. The translators for most levels are built out of +lower levels. The translator from Mu to SubX is written in SubX, and the +translator from SubX to bare SubX is built in bare SubX. There is also an +emulator for Mu's supported subset of x86, that's useful for [debugging SubX +programs](subx_debugging.md). Mu programs build natively either on Linux or on Windows using [WSL 2](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10). For Macs and other Unix-like systems, use the emulator: @@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ Mu programs can be written for two very different environments: hardware acceleration, no virtual memory, no process separation, no multi-tasking, no persistent storage, no network. These programs have not yet been tested on native hardware, only on on Qemu and Bochs. But these _baremetal_ - programs build from scratch, without any C. This is the future. + programs build from scratch, without any reliance on C. This is the future. ```sh $ ./translate_mu_baremetal baremetal/ex2.mu # emit disk.img -- cgit 1.4.1-2-gfad0