README in ruby-vpi-8.2.0 vs README in ruby-vpi-9.0.0

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@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@ +h1{text-align: center}. Welcome to Ruby-VPI + +Ruby-VPI is a "Ruby interface":http://ruby-lang.org to "Verilog VPI":http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/standardstoc.jsp?isnumber=33945. It lets you create complex Verilog test benches easily and wholly in Ruby. + +h2. Features + +* Prototype and verify designs _quickly_ using "BDD(behavior-driven development)":http://behaviour-driven.org/, "TDD(test-driven development)":http://www.agiledata.org/essays/tdd.html, and more. +* Reuse the _same_ specification to verify both prototype and design. +* Specifications are executable _and_ human-readable. (See this <a href="./doc/usage.tutorial.html#fig..counter_rspecTest_spec.rb">example specification</a> and its <a href="./doc/usage.tutorial.html#fig..test-proto.rspec">boss-friendly output</a>.) + +* Utilize Ruby's power and elegance. ("Why choose Ruby?":http://www.ruby-doc.org/whyruby) +** Built-in support for unlimited length integers, regular expressions, networking, multi-threading, system calls, _ad infinium_! +** Easy to use; doesn't get in your way. +** Makes programming _fun_ again! + +* Study, modify, or distribute this free software in accordance with the "GNU General Public License":http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html. + + h1. Getting started * See the "user manual":./doc to begin using Ruby-VPI. * See the "release history":./history.html to see what is new in this release. @@ -7,12 +25,12 @@ * See API documentation for the "C extension":./ref/c or "Ruby-VPI libraries":./ref/ruby. * Visit the "project website":http://ruby-vpi.rubyforge.org for additional resources. -h1. Compiling from source +h1. Building release packages -In addition to the "normal requirements":./doc/usage.requirements.html, you need the following software to compile from source: +In addition to the "normal requirements":./doc/usage.requirements.html, you need the following software to build release packages: * "DocBook-XML":http://www.docbook.org/ ** xsltproc ** xmlto * "RedCloth":http://rubyforge.org/projects/redcloth/