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diff --git a/src/boot/README b/src/boot/README index 891e1336..e17bfd79 100644 --- a/src/boot/README +++ b/src/boot/README @@ -1,15 +1,15 @@ An informal guide to reading and working on the rustboot compiler. ================================================================== -First off, my sincerest apologies for the lightly-commented nature of the -compiler, as well as the general immaturity of the codebase; rustboot is -intended to be discarded in the near future as we transition off it, to a -rust-based, LLVM-backed compiler. It has taken longer than expected for "the -near future" to arrive, and here we are published and attracting contributors -without a good place for them to start. It will be a priority for the next -little while to make new contributors feel welcome and oriented within the -project; best I can do at this point. We were in a tremendous rush even to get -everything organized to this minimal point. +First off, know that our current state of development is "bootstrapping"; +this means we've got two compilers on the go and one of them is being used +to develop the other. Rustboot is written in ocaml and rustc in rust. The +one you *probably* ought to be working on at present is rustc. Rustboot is +more for historical comparison and bug-fixing whenever necessary to un-block +development of rustc. + +There's a document similar to this next door, then, in comp/README. The +comp directory is where we do work on rustc. If you wish to expand on this document, or have one of the slightly-more-familiar authors add anything else to it, please get in touch or |