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diff --git a/system/doc/tutorial/introduction.xml b/system/doc/tutorial/introduction.xml index ed86a00f76..36a2e61357 100644 --- a/system/doc/tutorial/introduction.xml +++ b/system/doc/tutorial/introduction.xml @@ -4,20 +4,21 @@ <chapter> <header> <copyright> - <year>2000</year><year>2013</year> + <year>2000</year><year>2015</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. + Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); + you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. + You may obtain a copy of the License at + + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + + Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software + distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, + WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. + See the License for the specific language governing permissions and + limitations under the License. </legalnotice> @@ -28,18 +29,34 @@ <rev></rev> <file>introduction.xml</file> </header> + <marker id="interoperability tutorial"></marker> + <p>This section informs on interoperability, that is, information + exchange, between Erlang and other programming languages. The + included examples mainly treat interoperability between Erlang and + C.</p> <section> <title>Purpose</title> - <p>The purpose of this tutorial is to give the reader an orientation of the different interoperability mechanisms that can be used when integrating a program written in Erlang with a program written in another programming language, from the Erlang programmer's point of view.</p> + <p>The purpose of this tutorial is to describe different + interoperability mechanisms that can be used when integrating a + program written in Erlang with a program written in another + programming language, from the Erlang programmer's + perspective.</p> </section> <section> <title>Prerequisites</title> - <p>It is assumed that the reader is a skilled Erlang programmer, familiar with concepts such as Erlang data types, processes, messages and error handling.</p> - <p>To illustrate the interoperability principles C programs running in a UNIX environment have been used. It is assumed that the reader has enough knowledge to be able to apply these principles to the relevant programming languages and platforms.</p> + <p>It is assumed that you are a skilled Erlang programmer, + familiar with concepts such as Erlang data types, processes, + messages, and error handling.</p> + <p>To illustrate the interoperability principles, C programs + running in a UNIX environment have been used. It is assumed that + you have enough knowledge to apply these principles to the + relevant programming languages and platforms.</p> <note> - <p>For the sake of readability, the example code has been kept as simple as possible. It does not include functionality such as error handling, which might be vital in a real-life system.</p> + <p>For readability, the example code is kept as simple as + possible. For example, it does not include error handling, + which might be vital in a real-life system.</p> </note> </section> </chapter> |