--- trunk/OOPSE/README	2003/04/03 13:43:02	444
+++ trunk/OOPSE/README	2004/07/16 16:44:45	1332
@@ -1,38 +1,34 @@
 OOPSE
 
 OOPSE is an open-source Object-Oriented Parallel Simulation Engine.
-It is a mongrel code which uses no less than 5 programming languages
-(although it is primarily written in C++ and Fortran95).  Input files
-are handled using the (included) Bizarre Atom Simulation Syntax (BASS)
-library.  The BASS library can handle atoms that don't fit the
-standard picture of what the rest of the world uses for atoms
-(i.e. our atoms can be "lumpy"; they have orientational degrees of
-freedom).  We can also handle some transition metal simulations using
-the Embedded Atom Method (EAM) and other similar force fields.  OOPSE
-doesn't yet do force fields with charges, although it does handles
-dipoles quite handily.
+It is primarily used to perform molecular dynamics simulations on
+"strange" atom types that are not normally handled by other simulation
+packages.  This includes atoms with orientational degrees of freedom
+(point dipoles, sticky atoms), as well as transition metals under the
+Embedded Atom Method (EAM). 
 
+Input files are handled using the (included) Bizarre Atom Simulation
+Syntax (BASS) library.  
+
 What you need to compile and use OOPSE:
 
- 0) A strong stomach.  Mixed-language code can get ugly.
+ 1) Good C, C++ and Fortran95 compilers.  We've built and tested OOPSE
+    using version 8 of the Intel compilers (ifort, icpc and icc) on Linux
+    machines.  We also routinely build and test under Mac OS X using the
+    IBM compilers (xlf95, vac++).  OOPSE should build with g++ and gcc,
+    but you'll still need a good fortran *95* compiler.  Fortran77 and
+    Fortran90 are *not* sufficient to compile OOPSE.
 
- 1) *Good* C++ and Fortran95 compilers.  We've built and tested OOPSE 
-    using the Intel compilers (ifc and icc) on Linux machines.  Outside 
-    of our setup, you're pretty much on your own...
-
  2) MPI.  We like MPICH.  Other implementations might work, but we
     haven't tried.  You can get MPICH here:
     http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich/
 
- 3) The f90 bindings for MPI.  These are built by MPICH if it finds a
-    f90 compiler.  There might be others out there for other
-    implementations, but we haven't tested.  Try starting here:
-    http://duvel.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/~jim/software/f90_mpi_lib.html
-
- 4) The Scalable Parallel Random Number Generators Library (SPRNG). You
+ 3) The Scalable Parallel Random Number Generators Library (SPRNG). You
     can obtain SPRNG here:  
     http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Apps/CMP/RNG/RNG-home.html
 
+ 4) Assorted unix utilities (lexx, yacc, make) or their GNU equivalents.
+
 INSTRUCTIONS
 
  1) Get, build, and test the required pieces above.
@@ -40,4 +36,6 @@ That's it.  Documentation is for wimps.
  3) make
  4) make install
 
-That's it.  Documentation is for wimps.
+That's it.  Documentation will be forthcoming after the paper is
+published.
+