/pub/abcl1/ReadMe

1. About ABCL/1

This directory (/pub/abcl1) contains the recent distribution of ABCL/1 (An
object-Based Concurrent Language) system designed and developed by the ABCL
Group now at Department of Information Science, the University of Tokyo.
For more detailed information of ABCL/1, please consult the following book.
It contains several research results of our group and the users manual for
ABCL/1.

	"ABCL: An Object-Oriented Concurrent System",
	Edited by Akinori Yonezawa,
	The MIT Press, 1990, (ISBN 0-262-24029-7)

Before getting ABCL/1, please read the license agreement (/pub/abcl1/License)
carefully.  We (ABCL Group) grant the right to use the ABCL/1 system only for
the purpose of research and education. NOT FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.


2. Availability

Current version of ABCL/1 system is fully implemented in Common-Lisp.
Currently, we have tested and used on the following Lisp systems.

	Kyoto Common Lisp (KCL) on BSD Unix
	Symbolics Common Lisp (Genera 7.2 and up)

Porting to Macintosh Allegro Common-Lisp (MACL) is currently undertaken.
Porting to other Common-Lisp systems seems to be easy.


3. How to obtain ABCL/1 system.

This directory (/pub/abcl1) contains the following files:
	ReadMe			--- This file
	License			--- License agreement form
	abcl1-src.tar.Z		--- ABCL/1 Source code package
	examples.tar.Z		--- ABCL/1 Code Examples		(*)
	guide-a4.ps.Z		--- ABCL/1 Users Guide (A4 size PostScript)
	guide-letter.ps.Z	--- ABCL/1 Users Guide (Letter size PostScript)
	sun3-binary.tar.Z	--- Sun3 executable package (for UNIX)
	sun4-binary.tar.Z	--- Sun4 executable package (for UNIX)

Files marked as (*) will be available in future.


4. How to receive the license of ABCL/1 (IMPORTANT for ALL)

To receive the license of ABCL/1, please complete the license agreement form
(/pub/abcl1/License) and send it to us via PHYSICAL MAIL.


5. About the license for Kyoto Common-Lisp (IMPORTANT for UNIX users)

Actually, executables of ABCL/1 for UNIX are core image files derived from
KCL. Thus, there remains full features of KCL in ABCL/1 executables. If you
don't have KCL, you have to receive the license of KCL from Kyoto University
first. Each executable package (*-binary.tar.Z) includes a copy of KCL license
agreement form. Please receive the license from Kyoto University. NOTE THAT
THE ABCL GROUP DOES NOT ISSUE KCL LICENSE.


6. Contact Address for the ABCL Group

If you have any questions, please contact the following address.

	ABCL Group (Akinori Yonezawa)
	Yonezawa Laboratory, Department of Information Science,
	the University of Tokyo,
	7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN, 113
	TEL/FAX: +81-3-5689-4365
	e-mail: abcl@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Bug reports, porting information to other Lisp systems are welcome.