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+ The instructions have been modernized and simplified slightly and should now work again. (I have not verified it on Windows.) Using 'cabal' instead of 'runghc Setup.hs' avoids some problems. + Also, download/index.html has simpler installation instructions sufficient for many users, so mention it in the main README file. + Also adjusted the main Makefile.
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DESCRIPTION
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The Grammatical Framework (=GF) is a grammar formalism based on type theory.
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It consists of
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* a special-purpose programming language
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* a compiler of the language
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* a generic grammar processor
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The compiler reads GF grammars from user-provided files, and the
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generic grammar processor performs various tasks with the grammars:
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* generation
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* parsing
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* translation
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* type checking
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* computation
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* paraphrasing
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* random generation
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* syntax editing
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GF particularly addresses four aspects of grammars:
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* multilinguality (parallel grammars for different languages)
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* semantics (semantic conditions of well-formedness, semantic
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properties of expressions)
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* grammar engineering (modularity, abstractions, libraries)
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* embeddability in programs written in other languages (C,C++,
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Haskell, Java, JavaScript)
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COMPILATION and INSTALLATION of source distribution:
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See download/index.html for installation instructions.
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(More details can be found in doc/gf-developers.html.)
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