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-September 23 2007
+August 26, 2012
 
-Welcome to Ursala, a very cool programming language. Thanks for giving
-it a try. Installation instructions are in the file named INSTALL. An
-extensive tutorial and reference is in doc/manual.pdf. See the web
-page at http://www.basis.uklinux.net/ursala for additional notes and
-news. Comments are welcome.
+This project is essentially an investigation of some off-beat ideas about functional 
+programming through the design and implementation of a novel language called Ursala
+(a pseudo-acronym for universal applicative language). Its main preoccupations are
+brevity and flexibility for rapid prototyping, with a bias toward applications involving
+text processing/compilation, trees, graphs, and number crunching (via built-in API's
+for some good numerical libraries such as lapack, gsl, mpfr, and others). It's probably
+best suited to individual projects because it enforces no particular coding standards or
+practices and makes unreadable code easier to write than most non-esoteric languages.
 
-Dennis Furey
+Ursala is mainly an individual effort that has been around for some years but
+neglected lately due my day job. I'm now looking to revive it and address some issues,
+such as improving the web presence and on-line documentation. Comments and feedback
+are welcome on the mailing list, [email protected].
 
[email protected]
+Dennis Furey