[m-rev.] update java back-end status on web page

[Fergus Henderson]

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w3/include/backends.inc:
	Provide a bit more information about the Java back-end status.

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Index: w3/include/backends.inc
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RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/w3/include/backends.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -d -r1.2 backends.inc
--- w3/include/backends.inc	18 Oct 2002 02:36:50 -0000	1.2
+++ w3/include/backends.inc	9 Dec 2003 15:18:31 -0000
@@ -80,8 +80,15 @@
 <dl>
         <dt><a name="java"><b>Java.</b></a></dt>
 	<dd>
-	This one still needs a lot of work.
-	For more information, read the source code.
+	This back-end compiles Mercury to Java.
+	<p>
+	The compiler support is in reasonably good shape,
+	and includes good support for interfacing with Java
+	(see the language reference manual for details),
+	but the standard library support is currently pretty minimal.
+	<p>
+	For more details, see the Mercury source code, in particular
+	compiler/mlds_to_java.m.
 	</dd>
 <p>
 	<dt><a name="bytecode"><b>Mercury byte-code.</b></a></dt>

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