[m-rev.] for review: C# on web site

[Peter Wang]

include/backends.inc:
news/newsdb.inc:
	Announce C# backend on the web site.

Index: include/backends.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/w3/include/backends.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -p -r1.7 backends.inc
--- include/backends.inc	12 Sep 2010 06:52:51 -0000	1.7
+++ include/backends.inc	23 Nov 2010 00:58:54 -0000
@@ -65,6 +65,22 @@ released but are still immature, while o
 	or later.
 	</dd>
 <p>
+        <dt><a name="c#"><b>C#.</b></a></dt>
+	<dd>
+	This back-end compiles Mercury to C#.
+	<p>
+	The compiler support is complete,
+	it includes good support for interfacing with C#
+	(see the language reference manual for details),
+	and the standard library is fairly reasonable.
+	There is support for Mercury-level debugging, but there is
+	not yet support for Mercury-level profiling.
+	<p>
+	For a guide to installing and using the C# grade, refer to
+	README.CSharp and the User's Guide. You will need a Mercury
+	release of the day.
+	</dd>
+<p>
         <dt><a name="erlang"><b>Erlang.</b></a></dt>
 	<dd>
 	This back-end compiles Mercury to Erlang.
Index: news/newsdb.inc
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/mercury1/repository/w3/news/newsdb.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.123
diff -u -p -r1.123 newsdb.inc
--- news/newsdb.inc	5 Oct 2010 06:25:59 -0000	1.123
+++ news/newsdb.inc	23 Nov 2010 00:58:54 -0000
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 */
 
 $newsdb = array(
+"23 November 2010" => array("C# backend",
+"The Mercury compiler gained a C# backend in the last few months.
+It works with Microsoft .NET and Mono, and is available in the
+current releases of the day.
+"
+),
+
 "5 October 2010" => array("Mercury 10.04.2 released",
 "Release information is available
 <a href=\"./download/release-10.04.html\">here</A>."

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