X-Git-Url: http://lambda.jimpryor.net/git/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn;h=231c72103ea4458f2a0e736e2adcf59a761238ff;hb=13d6df425468f57ae222e0fccea02e67628538cc;hp=e83e7cad2be8534eb1858a0e9567ccc6ff118b37;hpb=4c7835b181efbb99f16560e6f48aa935480beef8;p=lambda.git diff --git a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn index e83e7cad..231c7210 100644 --- a/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn +++ b/how_to_get_the_programming_languages_running_on_your_computer.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +## Note ## + +We were updating this page vigorously until about 2:30 pm on Saturday 31 +January. Now it is relatively stable, but we'll tweak it as we learn more. We +encourage you to try to get the software set up sooner rather than later, and +those who do so first should let us know how things go---whether it's smoothly +or not---so that we might possibly refine or expand the instructions for +others. It'd be great if you took careful notes of what you did, step by step. +If our instructions are broken or misleading or incomplete, and you figure out +how to fix them on your own, it'd also be great if you can tell us what went +wrong and exactly what you did to achieve joy. + + ## Identifying your system ## We'll assume you're using either Mac OS X, or Windows, or Linux. @@ -352,9 +365,6 @@ double-click and install. you a nice history of the commands you've already typed, which you can scroll up and down in with your keyboard arrows. -**After using any of those methods**, if you managed to install OPAM along with OCaml, then open a Terminal and type this: - - echo "will be posted shortly" ## Getting Haskell ##