[m-rev.] for review: NEWS: mention C#/IL/MC++ interface

[Simon Taylor]

On 21-Nov-2002, Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Estimated hours taken: 0.5
> Branches: main
> 
> NEWS:
> 	Mention the new foreign language interface.
 
> Index: NEWS
> ===================================================================
> @@ -116,6 +117,17 @@
>    `:- pragma c_import_module' declarations to make sure that the
>    header file for the imported module is built before it is needed,
>    which it can't do if the header file is explicitly #included.
> +
> +* The foreign language interface has been generalized to support
> +  interfacing with languages other than C.
> +
> +  In particular, the Mercury compiler's .NET back-end now supports
> +  interfacing with C#, IL, and "Managed C++" (C++ with Microsoft's
> +  extensions for the .NET CLR).  Mercury procedures can be defined
> +  using inline code fragments written in any of these languages.
> +
> +  For details, see the new "Foreign language interface" chapter of
> +  the Mercury language reference manual.

s/Mercury language reference manual/Mercury Language Reference Manual/

Simon.
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