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#BELARGE
``[`` [Demos demos/]
``|`` [Download download]
``[`` [Demos demos/index.html]
``|`` [Download download/index.html]
``|`` [Libraries lib/resource/doc/synopsis.html]
``|`` [Reference doc/gf-refman.html]
``|`` [Tutorial doc/gf-tutorial.html]
@@ -30,14 +30,15 @@ June 2008
#ENLARGE
``[`` [Demos demos/]
``|`` [Download download]
``[`` [Demos demos/index.html]
``|`` [Download download/index.html]
``|`` [Developers doc/darcs.html]
``|`` [Events doc/events.html]
``|`` [Libraries lib/]
``|`` [Libraries lib/resource/doc/synopsis.html]
``|`` [People doc/gf-people.html]
``|`` [Projects doc/projects.html]
``|`` [Publications doc/gf-tutorial.html]
``|`` [QuickRefCard doc/gf-reference.html]
``|`` [Reference doc/gf-refman.html]
``|`` [Tutorial doc/gf-tutorial.html]
``]``
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==News==
27 June 2008: release of GF 3.0 and a new web page; the old web page is
27 June 2008:
[release of GF 3.0 doc/gf3-relesase.html] and this new web page; the old web page is
[here index-2.html].
@@ -91,22 +93,23 @@ GF can be used for building
==Availability==
GF is **open-source**, licensed under [GPL ] (the program) and [LGPL ] (the libraries). It
GF is **open-source**, licensed under [GPL LICENSE] (the program) and
[LGPL lib/LICENSE] (the libraries). It
is available for
- [Linux ]
- [Mac OS X ]
- [Windows ]
- via compilation to [JavaScript ], almost any platform that has a web browser
- Linux
- Mac OS X
- Windows
- via compilation to JavaScript, almost any platform that has a web browser
==Projects==
GF was born in 1998 at Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble in the project
GF was first created in 1998 at Xerox Research Centre Europe, Grenoble in the project
Multilingual Document Authoring. At Xerox, it was used for prototypes including
a restaurant phrase book in 6 languages,
a database query system in 7 languages,
a restaurant phrase book,
a database query system,
a formalization of an alarm system instructions with translations to 5 languages, and
an authoring system for medical drug descriptions in 2 languages.
an authoring system for medical drug descriptions.
Later projects using GF and involving third parties include, in chronological order,
- GF-Alfa: natural language interface to formal proofs
@@ -123,13 +126,13 @@ fifty [scientific publications ].
==Programming in GF==
GF is easy to learn by following the [tutorial doc/gf-tutorial.html]. You can write your
first translator in 15 minutes.
GF is easy to learn by following the [tutorial doc/gf-tutorial.html].
You can write your first translator in 15 minutes.
GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler. Grammars can be
compiled to parser and translator code in many different formats. These components can
then be embedded in applications written in other programming languages. The formats
currently supported are:
GF has an interactive command interpreter, as well as a batch compiler.
Grammars can be compiled to parser and translator code in many different
formats. These components can then be embedded in applications written
in other programming languages. The formats currently supported are:
- Haskell
- Java
- JavaScript
@@ -170,7 +173,7 @@ support for an increasing number of languages, currently including
Adding a language to the resource library takes 3 to 9
months - [contributions doc/projects.html]
months - [contributions doc/gf-projects.html]
are welcome!
% [doc/10lang-small.png]