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Mercury
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[Mercury](https://www.mercurylang.org/) is a logic/functional programming
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language which combines the clarity and the expressiveness of declarative
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programming with advanced static analysis and error detection features.
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More information is available on the
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[website's about pages](https://www.mercurylang.org/about.html),
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in other README files in the source code repository, and in the
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[documentation](https://www.mercurylang.org/documentation/documentation.html).
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Small sample programs written in Mercury can be found
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in the [samples](samples) and [extras](extras) directories
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of the source code repository.
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## README files
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The Mercury compiler has two different
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[backends](https://www.mercurylang.org/about/backends.html)
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and works on different operating systems.
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Specific information is contained in individual README files:
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* [Bootstrapping](README.bootstrap) discusses how to get Mercury installed.
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This is important, as the Mercury compiler is written in Mercury.
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* C Low-level backend
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This backend works well with GCC but also works with:
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* [Clang](README.clang.md)
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* High-level backend targets
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* C
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* [C#](README.CSharp.md)
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* [Java](README.Java.md)
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* Supported operating systems
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* [Linux](README.Linux)
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([AArch64](README.Linux-aarch64.md),
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[PPC](README.Linux-PPC),
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[m68k](README.Linux-m68k))
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* [macOS](README.macOS.md)
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* [FreeBSD](README.FreeBSD.md)
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* [OpenBSD](README.OpenBSD.md)
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* [AIX](README.AIX.md)
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* [HP-UX](README.HPUX.md)
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* [Solaris](README.Solaris.md)
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* [Windows](README.MS-Windows.md)
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([Visual C](README.MS-VisualC.md),
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[MinGW](README.MinGW),
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[Cygwin](README.Cygwin.md))
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* Other platform information
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* [Cross compilation](README.cross.md)
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* [Docker](README.Docker)
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* [x86](README.x86)
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## Other information
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See the current [release notes](RELEASE_NOTES) for the latest stable release.
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The [news](NEWS.md) file lists any recent changes.
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The [history](HISTORY) file is relevant
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if you want to find out more about the past development of Mercury.
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The [limitations](LIMITATIONS.md) file lists some ways
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in which the Mercury implementation does not yet meet its goals.
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## Information for developers
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If you are considering contributing to the Mercury project,
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the website contains some documents that may be helpful.
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These include a document about
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[contributions in general](https://www.mercurylang.org/development/contributions.html) and
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[specific information](https://www.mercurylang.org/development/developer.html)
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about contributing such as coding styles.
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## Contact
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See [our contact page](https://www.mercurylang.org/contact.html).
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