From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:46:43 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Update NOTES.
X-Git-Tag: 0.2~40
X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8dd89ca314cf23ea3a47d8a61f5c814749214e40;p=goaljobs.git

Update NOTES.
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diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES
index 18dccbe..385e6b0 100644
--- a/NOTES
+++ b/NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+## NB ##
+
+These notes reflect earlier thinking about the language and may not
+necessarily accurately describe the current goaljobs language.  Please
+read the documentation instead.
+
+## NB ##
+
 Like 'make' except:
  - Predicates can be based on arbitrary expressions, not just
    "file X is older than file Y".
@@ -10,21 +18,11 @@ Differences from 'whenjobs':
  - Goals instead of variables.
  - Persistent (across session) variables exist, but are not central.
  - Doesn't use <<..>> for shell scripts (has a function 'sh' instead).
+ - No daemon.
 
 Similarities to 'whenjobs':
  - Each shell script runs in its own temporary directory.
 
-Example Makefile rule and translation to goaljobs language:
-
-  %.o: %.c
-    cc -c $< -o $@
-
-  let goal compile c_file =
-    require (file_exists c_file);
-    let o_file = replace_substring ".c" ".o" c_file in
-    target (file_exists o_file && file_newer o_file c_file);
-    sh "cc -c %s -o %s" c_file o_file
-
 Example program:
 
   let package = "foo"