X-Git-Url: http://git.kpe.io/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fintro.sgml;h=23b4c7c8c27f51f02d7a6ab5afabc62e53be6f1d;hb=5ed4abf739d5faf84f1a88a1f88ba20de453d58f;hp=a42cc8d1d4ec744a0f18598bd9ac76209ce536c8;hpb=192193db6e4fbda90a840474d4aa2e8762597927;p=uffi.git diff --git a/doc/intro.sgml b/doc/intro.sgml index a42cc8d..23b4c7c 100644 --- a/doc/intro.sgml +++ b/doc/intro.sgml @@ -45,20 +45,16 @@ - - Installation - - Installation is fairly simple. The main requirement is that you - have a copy of &defsystem;. You can download the latest version - of &defsystem; from the - CLOCC - CVS tree. After installing &defsystem;, simply - push the - directory containing &uffi; into - mk:*central-registry*. Whenever you -want to load the &uffi; package, use the function - (mk:oos :uffi 'load). - - + + Design Overview + + &uffi; was designed as a cross-implementation compatible + Foreign Function Interface. Necessarily, + only a common subset of functionality can be + provided. Likewise, not every optimization for that a specific + implementation provides can be supported. Wherever possible, + though, implementation-specific optimizations are invoked. + + +