Contents of release 0.5 of the Mercury distribution

• an autoconfiguration script
• the Mercury source for the compiler
• the Mercury source for the standard library
• the automatically generated C source for the compiler and the standard library
• the runtime system (written in C)
• Hans Boehm's conservative garbage collector for C
• a profiler
• some utility programs, including a make front-end for Mercury with automatic dependency recomputation
• the Mercury language reference manual
• the Mercury library reference manual
• the Mercury user's guide
• the Mercury frequently asked questions list
• the Prolog to Mercury transition guide
• some sample Mercury programs