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diff --git a/lang/caml-light/DESCR b/lang/caml-light/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..521ab807b5b --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/caml-light/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +The Caml Light system comprises the following parts: + +- An interactive system, based on a read-eval-print loop: the user enters + a phrase, the system compiles it and executes it on the fly, then print the + outcome of evaluation. The interactive system is great for learning the + language and testing programs. +- A batch compiler and linker, camlc, with a command-line interface similar to + the one of C compilers. The compiler produces standalone executable programs + that can later be invoked just as any other command on the system. It + integrates smoothly within the Unix programming environment + (make, Emacs, ...). +- A medium-sized standard library, providing a number of general-purpose + functions and implementations of a few essential data structures + (lists, arrays, hash tables, sets, ...). +- A tool to build libraries of frequently-used program modules. +- A parser generator and a lexical analyzer generator, in the style of lex and + yacc. +- Various programming tools and several interface libraries. |