added FAQ about 'proc'
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@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ case $ucpu in
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LINK_FLAGS="$LINK_FLAGS -m64"
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mycpu="powerpc64" ;;
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*power*|*Power* )
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*power*|*Power*|*ppc* )
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mycpu="powerpc" ;;
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*mips* )
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mycpu="mips" ;;
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@ -20,12 +20,6 @@ shared memory heap is also provided for the increased efficiency that results
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from that model.
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Why is it named Nimrod?
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You have to find out for yourself. If you don't find a tongue-in-cheek
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interpretation you will have to look harder.
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Why yet another programming language?
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@ -80,7 +74,7 @@ never been designed as a general purpose VM anyway. A CLR backend is possible
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but would require much work.
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What about editor support?
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-------------------------------
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- Nimrod IDE: https://github.com/nimrod-code/Aporia
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- Emacs: https://github.com/Tass/nimrod-mode
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@ -89,6 +83,16 @@ What about editor support?
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- Gedit: The `Aporia .lang file <https://github.com/nimrod-code/Aporia/blob/master/share/gtksourceview-2.0/language-specs/nimrod.lang>`_
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- jEdit: https://github.com/exhu/nimrod-misc/tree/master/jedit
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Why is it named ``proc``?
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*Procedure* used to be the common term as opposed to a *function* which is a
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mathematical entity that has no side effects. It was planned to have ``func``
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as syntactic sugar for ``proc {.noSideEffect.}`` but the more fine-grained
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effect system makes that unimportant.
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Compilation
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