1 files changed, 66 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/getting_started/intro.xml b/system/doc/getting_started/intro.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b42080723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/doc/getting_started/intro.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
+
+<chapter>
+  <header>
+    <copyright>
+      <year>2003</year><year>2009</year>
+      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+    </copyright>
+    <legalnotice>
+      The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+      Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+      compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+      Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+      retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+    
+      Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+      basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+      the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+      under the License.
+    
+    </legalnotice>
+
+    <title>Introduction</title>
+    <prepared></prepared>
+    <docno></docno>
+    <date></date>
+    <rev></rev>
+    <file>intro.xml</file>
+  </header>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>Introduction</title>
+    <p>This is a "kick start" tutorial to get you started with Erlang.
+      Everything here is true, but only part of the truth. For example,
+      I'll only tell you the simplest form of the syntax, not all
+      esoteric forms. Where I've greatly oversimplified things I'll
+      write *manual* which means there is lots more information to be
+      found in the Erlang book or in the <em>Erlang Reference Manual</em>.</p>
+    <p>I also assume that this isn't the first time you have touched a
+      computer and you have a basic idea about how they are programmed.
+      Don't worry, I won't assume you're a wizard programmer.</p>
+  </section>
+
+  <section>
+    <title>Things Left Out</title>
+    <p>In particular the following has been omitted:</p>
+    <list type="bulleted">
+      <item>References</item>
+      <item>Local error handling (catch/throw)</item>
+      <item>Single direction links (monitor)</item>
+      <item>Handling of binary data (binaries / bit syntax)</item>
+      <item>List comprehensions</item>
+      <item>How to communicate with the outside world and/or software
+       written in other languages (ports). There is however a separate
+       tutorial for this, <em>Interoperability Tutorial</em></item>
+      <item>Very few of the Erlang libraries have been touched on (for
+       example file handling)</item>
+      <item>OTP has been totally skipped and in consequence the Mnesia
+       database has been skipped.</item>
+      <item>Hash tables for Erlang terms (ETS)</item>
+      <item>Changing code in running systems</item>
+    </list>
+  </section>
+</chapter>
+