From: Manoel Trapier <godzil@godzil.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:05:31 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Update README.
X-Git-Url: https://git.ndcode.org/public/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c5bfc89269cc06fd4712b88e071e194153a1d63c;p=ack.git

Update README.
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diff --git a/README b/README
index b5fa7d6be..0a0868839 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ THE AMSTERDAM COMPILER KIT V6.0pre4
 ===================================
 
 © 1987-2005 Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam 2010-08-08
-
+© 2013      Manoel Trapier, Paris
 
 INTRODUCTION
 ============
@@ -17,6 +17,23 @@ lot is supported, the build mechanism needs work, and a lot of things are
 probably broken. However, what's there should be sufficient to get things
 done and to evaluate how the full 6.0 release should work. 
 
+This is a fork from the original repository found on sourceforge. This
+fork exist for three reason, the first is I strongly prefere git than 
+mercurial (this is a personal preference) and second I want to make it
+work on Mac OS X but the OSX clang/gcc does not really like the K&R
+syntax, so I take into the process of ANSIfy it. The third reason is why
+I want to use the ACK, it support old CPU, like the 6502 or i8080, i8086
+and it is open source unlike a lot of compiler we can found nowadays for
+such targets, and it support more than C that is a wonderfull bonus!
+
+I have plan to add targets like the NES, add support for the 65c816 and
+add the SNES target, add the WonderSwan as a target and so on. I see in
+this compiler kit a wonderfull project for all sort of old computer that
+are still used nowadays and used CPU that are no longuer targeted by
+modern compilers.
+
+I plan to push my changes on the original version, at least for the new
+targets and cpu.
 
 SUPPORT
 =======
@@ -154,10 +171,14 @@ more welcome.
 The ACK is licensed under a BSD-like license. Please see the 'Copyright' file
 for the full text.
 
-You can find the mailing list on the project's web site:
+You will find this "ANSI Fork" on github:
+
+	http://github.com/Godzil/ack
+
+You can find the ACK mailing list and the original project's web site:
 
 	http://tack.sourceforge.net/
-	
+
 Please enjoy.
 
 David Given (dtrg on Sourceforge)