<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> <pkgmetadata> <herd>haskell</herd> <maintainer> <email>haskell@gentoo.org</email> </maintainer> <longdescription> Epic is a simple functional language which compiles to reasonably efficient C code, using the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector (<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/>). It is intended as a compiler back end, and is currently used as a back end for Epigram (<http://www.e-pig.org>) and Idris (<http://idris-lang.org/>). It can be invoked either as a library or an application. </longdescription> </pkgmetadata>