Update.

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 6522bb3ed3e8ade127165d9bb1d0866769be9806..029609588d9bb791d452e65146df577310f62c93 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -13,4 +13,15 @@ this destination by providing the `--prefix=PATH' option to configure.
 
 This version of cacao only supports the `--prefix' option, even if
 configure processes the other options (`--bindir', `--libdir', etc.),
-it will screw up your installation.
+it will screw up your installation since CACAO tries to setup a
+directory tree like Sun or IBM does.
+
+
+Requirements:
+-------------
+
+In order to compile the Java classes from GNU classpath, you need a
+Java compiler supported by GNU classpath. To get a working classpath
+in an appropriate time, we recommend IBM jikes 1.18 or newer. For
+further instructions concerning GNU classpath, please refer to
+`src/classpath/INSTALL'.

diff --git a/README b/README
index f804b55ccee1416e2a9a7676261295f3399179d5..c9a262aafeda5ce200c22c1ec048bf0445ae89d0 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 README
 ======
 
-CACAO is a 64-bit (32-bit versions are planned) Java virtual machine
-for Alphas and Mips processors.
+CACAO is a Java Virtual Machine with a JIT compiler for different
+architectures. It includes the GNU classpath and the Boehm garbage
+collector.
 
 You will find the licensing condition in the file COPYING.