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+Mercury is a modern logic/functional programming language, which
+combines the clarity and expressiveness of declarative programming
+with advanced static analysis and error detection features. Its
+highly optimized execution algorithm delivers efficiency far in excess
+of existing logic programming systems, and close to conventional
+programming systems. Mercury addresses the problems of large-scale
+program development, allowing modularity, separate compilation, and
+numerous optimization/time trade-offs.
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+This package includes the compiler, profiler, debugger, documentation,
+etc. It does NOT include the "extras" distribution; that is available
+from <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/mercury/download/release.html>.