This directory contains the source distribution for the
Melbourne Mercury compiler, version 22.01.9-beta-2026-08-29.

See the file LICENSE for copyright and licensing information.

See the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
In some cases, additional steps may be needed for particular operating systems
or particular architectures, so first read the README file for your particular
platform, if there is one:

	README.AIX		AIX on POWER
	README.FreeBSD		FreeBSD on Intel x86 and x86_64
	README.HPUX		HPPA systems running HPUX
	README.Linux		Linux on Intel x86 and x86_64
	README.Linux-aarch64    Linux on AArch64 (ARM64)
	README.Linux-PPC	Linux on PowerPC
	README.Linux-m68k	Linux on Motorola 68000
	README.MacOS		Apple Mac systems running Mac OS X
	README.MS-Windows	Microsoft Windows
	README.OpenBSD		OpenBSD on x86_64
	README.Solaris		Solaris (SunOS) on SPARC or Intel x86.

The documentation sources are in the `doc' subdirectory.
The installation process will install INFO, HTML, and DVI versions under the
nominated installation prefix, by default /usr/local/mercury-22.01.9-beta-2026-08-29.
It will also install Unix-style man pages under the same prefix.

The files RELEASE_NOTES, NEWS, HISTORY, LIMITATIONS, and BUGS
also contain useful information.  If you're interested in looking
at the source code, the file compiler/notes/compiler_design.html is
a good place to start.

The `samples' directory contains some example Mercury programs.
There are also some additional Mercury programs and libraries
in the `extras' directory.

The Mercury home page is located at <https://www.mercurylang.org>.
There you can also find information about joining the mailing lists
for announcements and general discussion.
