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cleaned up configuration file handling and documented the new behaviour

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@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ Compiler Additions
directory for generated code.
- Added ``--cincludes:dir``, ``--clibdir:lib`` configuration options for
modifying the C compiler's header/library search path in cross-platform way.
- Added ``--clib:lib`` configuration options for specifying additional
- Added ``--clib:lib`` configuration option for specifying additional
C libraries to be linked.
- Added ``--mainmodule:file`` configuration options for specifying the main
project file. This is intended to be used in project configuration files to
allow commands like ``nimrod c`` or ``nimrod check`` to be executed anywhere
within the project's directory structure
- Added a ``--app:staticlib`` option for creating static libraries
within the project's directory structure.
- Added a ``--app:staticlib`` option for creating static libraries.
- Added a ``--tlsEmulation:on|off`` switch for control over thread local
storage emulation.
- The compiler and standard library now support a *taint mode*. Input strings

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@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ interpretation you will have to look harder.
Why yet another programming language?
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Nimrod is one of the very few *programmable* strongly typed languages, and
Nimrod is one of the very few *programmable* statically typed languages, and
one of the even fewer that will produce native binaries that require no
runtime or interpreter.
@ -49,12 +49,14 @@ license of Nimrod to the BSD license.
How stable is Nimrod?
---------------------
The compiler is in development and some important features are still missing.
The compiler is in development and some important features are still missing.
However, the compiler is quite stable already: It is able to compile itself
and a substantial body of other code. Until version 1.0.0 is released,
and a substantial body of other code. Until version 1.0.0 is released,
incompatibilities with older versions of the compiler will be introduced. The
semantic details of overloading, macros/templates/generics and iterators
and their interactions are subject to change.
and their interactions are subject to change. Changes to the syntax
are also planned; gone will be the distinction between expressions and
statements.
How fast is Nimrod?