[m-rev.] for review: put work in progress on web site

Simon Taylor stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU
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Make the "work in progress" file appear on the web site.

compiler/notes/work_in_progress.html:
compiler/notes/Mmakefile:
	Add a a htmlized version of WORK_IN_PROGRESS.

WORK_IN_PROGRESS:
	Removed.

w3/information/include/developer.inc:
	Add the "work in progress" file to the developer documentation.


Index: compiler/notes/Mmakefile
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RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/mercury/compiler/notes/Mmakefile,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -u -r1.9 Mmakefile
--- compiler/notes/Mmakefile	6 Feb 2001 11:13:29 -0000	1.9
+++ compiler/notes/Mmakefile	22 Oct 2002 14:17:33 -0000
@@ -31,10 +31,12 @@
 
 DOCS_TEXT=allocation.text authors.text coding_standards.text \
 	compiler_design.text gc_and_c_code.text glossary.text \
-	module_system.text release_checklist.text reviews.text todo.text
+	module_system.text release_checklist.text reviews.text todo.text \
+	work_in_progress.text
 DOCS_HTML=allocation.html authors.html coding_standards.html \
 	compiler_design.html gc_and_c_code.html glossary.html \
-	module_system.html release_checklist.html reviews.html todo.html
+	module_system.html release_checklist.html reviews.html todo.html \
+	work_in_progress.html
 DOCS_ALL=$(DOCS_TEXT) $(DOCS_HTML)
 
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Index: compiler/notes/work_in_progress.html
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RCS file: compiler/notes/work_in_progress.html
diff -N compiler/notes/work_in_progress.html
--- /dev/null	1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000
+++ compiler/notes/work_in_progress.html	22 Oct 2002 14:30:13 -0000
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>
+	Work In Progress
+</title>
+</head>
+
+<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
+
+<hr>
+<!---------------------------------------------------------------------------->
+
+The compiler contains some code for the following features,
+which are not yet completed, but which we hope to complete
+at some time in the future:
+<p>
+
+<ul>
+<li> There is a 
+  <a href="http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/mercury/dotnet.html">`--target il'</a>
+  option, which generates MSIL code for Microsoft's new
+  <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/">.NET Common Language Runtime</a>.
+
+<li> There is a
+  <a href=http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/mercury/download/gcc-backend.html>`--target asm'</a>
+  option, which generates assembler by
+  interfacing directly with the GCC back-end, rather than going via C.
+
+<li> There is a `--target java' option, which generates Java.
+
+<li> Thread-safe engine (the `.par' grades).
+
+<li> Independent AND-parallelism (the `&' parallel conjunction operator).
+
+<li> We have added support for dynamic link libraries (DLLs) on Windows.
+  This is not yet enabled by default because it has not yet been tested
+  properly.
+
+<li> There is a new `--optimize-constructor-last-call' option
+  which identifies opportunities for LCO where a call
+  is followed only by some constructor invocations.
+  However, these opportunities are not exploited yet.
+
+<li> There is a new garbage collector that does accurate garbage
+  collection (hlc.agc grade).  See the comments in
+  compiler/ml_elim_nested.m and the paper on our web page for more details.
+
+<li> Mercury is now the official programming language for Melbourne University's
+  <a href="http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/aditi">Aditi deductive database system</a>.
+  The Mercury compiler includes incomplete support for interfacing to Aditi.
+  In particular, the support for executing ordinary Mercury code within
+  Aditi queries is currently poor.
+
+<li> The Mercury debugger (mdb) now includes support for declarative
+  debugging.  There are still some limitations to be dealt with, and
+  some improvements are yet to be made.  See the
+  <a href="http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/mercury/information/doc-latest/user_guide_toc.html">Mercury User's Guide</a>
+  for further details.
+
+<li> There is a `--generate-bytecode' option, for a new back-end
+  that generates bytecode.  The bytecode generator is basically
+  complete, but we don't have a bytecode interpreter.
+</ul>
+<p>
+
+We also have some code that goes at least some part of the way towards
+implementing the features below.   However, for these features, the
+code has not yet been committed and thus is not part of the standard
+distribution.
+
+<p>
+
+<ul>
+<li> A new implementation of the mode system using constraints.
+  This is on the "mode-constraints" branch of our CVS repository.
+
+<li> Support for aliasing in the mode system.
+  This is on the "alias" branch of our CVS repository.
+
+<li> Support for automatic structure reuse (reusing old data
+  structures that are no longer live, rather than allocating
+  new memory on the heap) and compile time garbage collection
+  This is on the "reuse" branch of our CVS repository.
+
+<li> Better support for inter-module analysis and optimization.
+</ul>
+
+<hr>
+<!-------------------------->
+<h2>
+Work Not In Progress
+</h2>
+
+The compiler also contains some code for the following features,
+but work on them has stopped, since finishing them off would be
+quite a bit more work, and our current priorities lie elsewhere.
+Still, these could make interesting and worthwhile projects
+if someone has the time for it.
+<p>
+
+<ul>
+<li> A SOAP interface.
+
+<li> A bytecode interpreter, for use with the `--generate-bytecode' option.
+
+<li> Sequence quantification (see the
+  <a href="http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/research/mercury/information/reports/minutes_15_12_00.html">description</a> from the meeting minutes).
+</ul>
+</html>
+
+<hr>
+<!-------------------------->
+
+Last update was $Date: 2002/10/22 13:47:30 $ by $Author: stayl $@cs.mu.oz.au. <br>
+</body>
+</html>
Index: w3/information/include/developer.inc
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RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/w3/information/include/developer.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -u -r1.7 developer.inc
--- w3/information/include/developer.inc	19 Oct 2001 05:24:34 -0000	1.7
+++ w3/information/include/developer.inc	22 Oct 2002 14:16:07 -0000
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@
 	<a href="doc-latest/todo.text">Plain text</a>
 	<p>
 
+<li>	<strong>Work in progress</strong> <br>
+	Things currently being done on the Mercury project.  <p>
+
+	Available in
+	<a href="doc-latest/work_in_progress.html">HTML</a> and
+	<a href="doc-latest/work_in_progress.text">Plain text</a>
+	<p>
+
 <li>	<strong>Bootstrapping</strong> <br>
 	What to do when a change requires bootstrapping. <p>
 
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