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GNU's Bulletin                                           June, 1992


            The GNU's Bulletin is the semi-annual newsletter of the
      Free Software Foundation, bringing you news about the GNU Project.

Free Software Foundation, Inc.                Telephone: [phone]
675 Massachusetts Avenue           Electronic mail: [e-mail]
Cambridge, MA  02139  USA



Contents
--------

        GNU's Who
        What Is the Free Software Foundation?
        What Is Copyleft?
        Free Software Support
        GNUs Flashes
        Patent Reform Is Not Enough
        What Is the LPF?
        LPF Ends Ashton-Tate Boycott
        U.S. Federal Database Bill
        Another Free Software Support Business
        The Hurd: the GNU Kernel Advances
        A Small Way to Help Free Software
        Project GNU Status Report
        A GNU Standard on Suns?
        Andrew Toolkit Stays Free
        GNU in Japan
           GNU Software Support Company in Japan
        GNU Documentation
        Project Gutenberg Looks for Volunteers
        Project GNU Wish List
        Please Support Free Software
        How to Get GNU Software
        GNU Software Available Now
           Contents of the Emacs Tape
           Contents of the Languages Tape
           Contents of the Utilities Tape
           Contents of the Experimental Tape
           Contents of the X11 Tapes
           Berkeley Networking 2 Tape
           VMS Emacs and Compiler Tapes
        Free Software for Microcomputers
        Thank GNUs
        Free Software Foundation Order Form



GNU's Who
*********

Michael Bushnell is working on the GNU operating system and maintains GNU
`tar'.  Jim Blandy is preparing GNU Emacs 19, and Joseph Arceneaux is
implementing active regions for a future GNU Emacs release.  Roland McGrath is
polishing the C library and maintains GNU `make'.

Tom Lord is writing a graphics library and working on Oleo, the GNU
spreadsheet.  Brian Fox is improving various programs that he has written
including `makeinfo', `info', the `readline' library, BASH, and is writing the
`BASH Manual'.  Jan Brittenson is working on the C interpreter and maintaining
`finger'.  Mike Haertel is making GNU `grep' POSIX compliant and beginning work
on optical character recognition. David MacKenzie maintains most of GNU's small
utilities--more programs than nearly everyone else combined.

Kathy Hargreaves and Karl Berry are making fonts (and coordinating volunteers
making fonts), developing utilities for dealing with them, and working on
Ghostscript.  Melissa Weisshaus is editing documentation and will work on the
`GNU Utilities Manual'.

Noah Friedman is our system administrator.  Lisa `Opus' Goldstein continues to
run the business end of FSF, with Gena Lynne Bean assisting in the office.
Spike MacPhee assists RMS with legal assignments of software and other
administrative tasks. Robert J. Chassell, our Secretary/Treasurer, also handles
our publishing and is working on an introduction to programming in Emacs Lisp,
in addition to many other tasks.

Richard Stallman continues as a volunteer who does countless tasks, such as C
compiler maintenance and finishing the `C Library Manual'.

Volunteer Len Tower remains our on-line JOAT (jack-of-all-trades), handling
mailing lists and gnUSENET, information requests, etc.



GNU's Bulletin
**************

Written and Edited by: Jan Brittenson, Noah S. Friedman,
    Robert J. Chassell, Melissa Weisshaus, Richard Stallman,
    and Leonard H. Tower Jr.

Illustrations: Etienne Suvasa

Japanese Edition: Mieko Hikichi and Nobuyuki Hikichi

The GNU's Bulletin is published twice annually.  To get a copy, send your
request to the address on the first page.  If you live in an area served by the
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Envelope), otherwise please include a preprinted mailing label.  A small
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        Copyright (C) 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies of this
document as received, in any medium, provided that the copyright notice and
permission notice are preserved, and that the distributor grants the recipient
permission for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.



What Is the Free Software Foundation?
*************************************

The Free Software Foundation is dedicated to eliminating restrictions on
copying, redistribution, understanding, and modification of computer programs.
We do this by promoting the development and use of free software in all areas
of computer use.  Specifically, we are putting together a complete integrated
software system named "GNU" (GNU's Not Unix) that will be upwardly compatible
with Unix.  Some large parts of this system are already working, and we are
distributing them now.

The word "free" in our name pertains to freedom, not price.  You may or may not
pay a price to get GNU software.  Either way, you have two specific freedoms
once you have the software: first, the freedom to copy the program and give it
away to your friends and co-workers; and second, the freedom to change the
program as you wish, by having full access to source code. Furthermore, you can
study the source and learn how such programs are written.  You may then be able
to port it, improve it, and share your changes with others.  (If you
redistribute GNU software, you may charge a fee for the physical act of
transferring a copy, or you may give away copies.)

Other organizations distribute whatever free software happens to be available.
By contrast, the Free Software Foundation concentrates on development of new
free software, working towards a GNU system complete enough to eliminate the
need for you to purchase a proprietary system.

Besides developing GNU, FSF distributes copies of GNU software and manuals for
a distribution fee, and accepts tax-deductible gifts to support GNU
development.  Most of FSF's funds come from its distribution service.

The Board of the Foundation is: Richard M. Stallman, President;
Robert J. Chassell, Secretary/Treasurer; Gerald J. Sussman, Harold Abelson, and
Leonard H. Tower Jr., Directors.



What Is Copyleft?
*****************

The simplest way to make a program free is to put it in the public domain,
uncopyrighted.  But this allows anyone to copyright and restrict its use
against the author's wishes, thus denying others the right to access and freely
redistribute it.  This completely perverts the original intent.

To prevent this, we copyright our software in a novel manner.  Typical software
companies use copyrights to take away your freedoms.  We use the "copyleft" to
preserve them.  It is a legal instrument that requires those who pass on the
program to include the rights to further redistribute it, and to see and change
the code; the code and rights become legally inseparable.

The copyleft used by the GNU Project is made from a combination of a regular
copyright notice and the "GNU General Public License" (GPL). The GPL is a
copying license which basically says that you have the freedoms discussed
above.  An alternate form, the "GNU Library General Public License" (LGPL),
applies to certain GNU Libraries.  This license permits linking the libraries
into proprietary executables under certain conditions.  The appropriate license
is included in all GNU source code distributions and in many of our manuals.
We will also send you a printed copy upon request.

Note that the library license actually represents a strategic retreat. We would
prefer to insist as much as possible that programs based on GNU software must
themselves be free.  However, in the case of libraries, we found that insisting
they be used only in free software appeared to discourage use of the libraries
rather than encouraging free applications.

If the library license does promote the further use and development of free
libraries by the developers of proprietary applications, we may consider
putting more of the GNU Project libraries under it.

We strongly encourage you to copyleft your programs and documentation, and we
have made it as simple as possible for you to do so.  The details on how to
apply the GPL appear at the end of the GPL.



Free Software Support
*********************

The Free Software Foundation does not provide any technical support. Although
we create software, we leave it to others to earn a living providing support
because we would rather concentrate on the former task.  We see programmers as
providing a service, much as doctors and lawyers now do; both medical and legal
knowledge are freely redistributable entities for which the practitioners
charge a distribution and service fee.

We maintain a list of people who offer support and other consulting services,
called the GNU Service Directory.  It is in the file `etc/SERVICE' in the GNU
Emacs distribution and `SERVICE' in the GCC distribution.  Contact us if you
would like a printed copy or wish to be listed in it.

If you find a deficiency in any GNU software, we want to know.  We have many
Internet mailing lists for announcements, bug reports, and questions.  They are
also gatewayed into USENET news as the `gnu.*' newsgroups.

If you have no Internet access, you can get mail and USENET news via UUCP.
Contact a local UUCP site, or a commercial UUCP site such as:

     Anterior Technology,
     P.O. Box 1206,
     Menlo Park, CA  94026-1206
     USA
     Phone: [phone] or Fax: [phone]
     E-mail: `[e-mail]'

     UUNET Communications Services,
     3110 Fairview Park Drive - Suite 570,
     Falls Church, VA  22042
     USA
     Phone: [phone]
     E-mail: `[e-mail]'

When we receive a bug report, we usually try to fix the problem.  While our bug
fixes may seem like individual assistance, they are not.  Our task is so large
that we must focus on that which helps the community as a whole, such as
developing and maintaining software and documentation. We do not have the
resources to help individuals.  If your bug report does not evoke a solution
from us, you may still get one from the many other users who read our bug
report mailing lists.  Otherwise, use the Service Directory.

So, please do not ask us to help you install the software or figure out how to
use it--but do tell us how an installation script does not work or where the
documentation is unclear.



     *"If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."*

     -Isaac Newton



GNUs Flashes
************

   * Free Unix Emulator for Mach

     Randall Dean at CMU is finishing up a free BSD-based Unix emulator for
     Mach.  It does not yet run reliably, but if it does become robust well
     before the Hurd is ready we will probably use it to create an early,
     completely free GNU system.  We do not expect tape distribution of this
     emulator before the next issue of the GNUs Bulletin.  Please don't ask us
     about this project; we will make an announcement when it is ready.

     Roland McGrath is porting the GNU C library to work with this emulator.

   * Berkeley Networking 2 Release

     The FSF now offers the BSD Networking 2 release on tape (see "Berkeley
     Networking 2 Tape" under "GNU Software Available Now").

   * Distribution Tapes Reorganized

     Our software distribution has been reorganized.  The old Compiler tape has
     been split into a Languages and a Utilities tape.  Some software has also
     moved from the Emacs tape to the other two tapes. In addition, we have a
     temporary Experimental tape.  See "GNU Software Available Now."

   * FSF Distributing on Exabyte Cassettes

     We are now offering our software on 8mm Exabyte cassettes.  For more
     information, see "FSF Order Form".

   * New Binding for GNU Manuals

     Several GNU manuals are now bound as soft cover books with a new
     "lay-flat" binding technology.  This allows you to open them so they "lie
     flat" on a table without creasing the binding.  Each book has an inner
     cloth spine and an outer cardboard cover that will not break or crease as
     an ordinary paperback will.  Currently, the `GAWK', `Bison', `GDB', and
     `Emacs Lisp Reference' manuals have this binding.  All other GNU manuals
     are also bound so they lie flat when opened, using other technologies.

   * GNU Fortran Mailing List

     A mailing list exists for those interested in the Fortran front end for
     GCC.  To subscribe, ask: `[e-mail]'.
     Meanwhile, the front end itself is rapidly approaching an alpha test state.

   * GNU in Russia Moves Forward

     Progress is being made on the GNU Project in Russia.  The "Center for GNU
     Development" is translating GNU documentation into Russian. Recently, they
     finished the first version of a Modula-2-to-C translator.  They are also
     working on an SQL database management system and on other projects.



     *"If I have not seen farther, it is because giants were standing on my
     shoulders."*

     -anonymous



Patent Reform Is Not Enough
***************************

by Richard Stallman

When people first learn about the problem of software patents, their attention
is often drawn to the egregious examples: patents that cover techniques already
widely known.  These techniques include sorting a collection of formulae so
that no variable is used before it is calculated (called "natural order
recalculation" in spreadsheets), and the use of exclusive-or to modify the
contents of a bit-map display.

Focusing on these examples can lead some people to ignore the rest of the
problem.  They are attracted to the position that the patent system is
basically correct and needs only "reforms" to carry out its own rules properly.

But would correct implementation really solve the problem of software patents?
Let's consider an example.

In April 1991, software developer Ross Williams began publishing a series of
data compression programs using new algorithms of his own devising.  Their
superior speed and compression quality soon attracted users.

The following September, when the FSF was about a week away from releasing one
of them as the new choice for compressing our distribution files, use of these
programs in the United States was halted by a newly issued patent, number
5,049,881.

Under the current patent rules, whether the public is allowed to use these
programs (i.e., whether the patent is invalid) depends on whether there is
"prior art": whether the basic idea was published before the patent
application, which was on June 18, 1990.  Williams' publication in April 1991
came after that date, so it does not count.

A student described a similar algorithm in 1988--1989 in a class paper at the
University of San Francisco, but the paper was not published. So it does not
count as prior art under the current rules.

Reforms to make the patent system work "properly" would be no help here.  Under
the rules of the patent system, this patent seems valid. There is no prior art
for it.  It is not close to obvious, as the patent system interprets the term.
(Like most patents, it is neither worldshaking nor trivial, but somewhere in
between.)  The fault is in the rules themselves, not their execution.

In the US legal system, patents are intended as a bargain between society and
individuals; society is supposed to gain through the disclosure of techniques
that would otherwise never be available.  It is clear that society has gained
nothing by issuing patent number 5,049,881.

Under current rules, our ability to use Williams's programs depends on whether
anyone happened to publish the same idea before June 18, 1990. That is to say,
it depends on luck.  This system is good for promoting the practice of law, but
not progress in software.

Teaching the Patent Office to look at more of the existing prior art might
prevent some outrageous mistakes.  It will not cure the greater problem, which
is the patenting of every *new* wrinkle in the use of computers, like the one
that Williams and others independently developed.

This will turn software into a quagmire.  Even an innovative program typically
uses dozens of not-quite-new techniques and features, each of which might have
been patented.  Our ability to use each wrinkle will depend on luck, and if we
are unlucky half the time, few programs will escape infringing a large number
of patents.  Navigating the maze of patents will be harder than writing
software.  As `The Economist' says, software patents are simply bad for
business.

If you'd like to do something, the easiest thing to do is to join the
League for Programming Freedom.



What Is the LPF?
****************

The League for Programming Freedom (LPF) aims to protect the freedom to write
software.  This freedom is threatened by "look-and-feel" interface copyright
lawsuits, and by software patents.  The LPF does not endorse free software or
the FSF.

The League's members include programmers, entrepreneurs, students, professors,
the FSF, and even some software companies.

From the League membership form:

      The League for Programming Freedom is a grass-roots organization of
     professors, students, business people, programmers, and users dedicated to
     bringing back the freedom to write programs. The League is not opposed to
     the legal system that Congress intended--copyright on individual programs.
      Our aim is to reverse the recent changes made by judges in response to
     special interests.

     Membership dues in the League are $42 per year for programmers, managers
     and professionals; $10.50 for students; $21 for others.

To join, please send a check and the following information:

        * Your name and phone numbers (home, work or both).

        * The address to use for League mailings, a few each year (please
          indicate whether it is your home address or your work address).

        * The company you work for, and your position.

        * Your email address, so the League can contact you for political
          action. (If you don't want to be contacted for this, please say so,
          but please give your email address anyway.)

        * Please mention anything about you which would enable your
          endorsement of the LPF to impress the public.

        * Please say whether you would like to help with LPF activities.

The address is:

     League for Programming Freedom
     1 Kendall Square - #143
     P.O. Box 9171
     Cambridge, MA  02139
     USA
     Phone: [phone]
     Email: `[e-mail]'

If you haven't made up your mind yet, write to LPF for more information, or
send Internet mail to `[e-mail]'.



LPF Ends Ashton-Tate Boycott
****************************

Ashton-Tate (now a subsidiary of Borland) has offered to drop its
"look-and-feel" lawsuit against Fox.  In response, the League for Programming
Freedom has dropped its boycott of Ashton-Tate products.



U.S. Federal Database Bill
**************************

A bill before Congress, H.R. 2772, would have the Government Printing
Office (GPO) create a Wide Information Network for Data Online (WINDO),
allowing individual users to subscribe to a number of Federal databases,
including: the FDA Bulletin Board, the Economic Bulletin Board, the SEC's EDGAR
database of corporate disclosure filings, the Patent and Trademark Office's
Automated Patent System, the "Federal Register," the "Congressional Record,"
the House of Representatives' LEGIS system, the Library of Congress' SCORPIO
system, the Department of State press briefings and Congressional Testimonies,
and many other U.S. Federal government information systems.

The GPO would administer the service for a low user dissemination-based charge,
providing access through most common access methods, including by dial-up modem
and over the Internet.  User feedback would be greatly encouraged.  Bill H.R.
2772 was introduced by Rep. Charlie Rose (D-NC) in June 1991.  To support the
bill, write or call your congressman.  Also write or call Rep. Rose to show
your support and send a copy to the Taxpayer Assets Project.  For more
information on WINDO, you can contact:

     American Library Association         Taxpayer Assets Project
     Washington Office                    P.O. Box 19367
     110 Maryland Avenue, NE              Washington, DC  20036
     Washington, DC  20002-5675           USA
     USA                                  Tel: [phone]
     Tel: [phone]                  Fax: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]                  Bitnet: `love@pucc'
                                          Internet: `[e-mail]'

     Joint Committee on Printing
     818 Hart Senate Bldg.
     Washington, DC  20510
     USA
     Tel: [phone]
     Fax: [phone]



Another Free Software Support Business
**************************************

by Russ Nelson, Crynwr Software, `[e-mail]'

The Crynwr packet driver collection, a finalist in PC Magazine's 1991 Awards
for Technical Excellence, is copylefted software.  The packet drivers are a mix
of PC Ethernet drivers and shims to other driver software.  Packet drivers are
used natively by nearly all TCP/IP software and can also be used with Novell's
NetWare, Banyan Vines, and Performance Technology's PowerLAN.  After nearly
four years, the list of contributors stretches almost two pages.  My firm,
Crynwr Software, six months old, is the sole support for my family, selling
packet driver support.  Crynwr Software is another example of a successful
business venture based on copylefted software.



     *"In the sciences, we are now uniquely privileged to sit side by side with
     the giants on whose shoulders we stand."*

     -anonymous



The Hurd: the GNU Kernel Advances
*********************************

Development is continuing on the kernel-related aspects of the GNU Operating
System.  This job consists of writing a set of servers, called the GNU Hurd,
that run on top of the Mach 3 microkernel from CMU.  The Mach microkernel
provides a task abstraction with multiple threads within a single task and
powerful IPC and virtual memory systems.  Work is proceeding well on our
implementation of the BSD Fast Filesystem, and we hope to be able to bootstrap
a minimal system this summer.

One of the advantages to the GNU Hurd is that it allows ordinary users to write
programs which insert themselves into the directory hierarchy in a secure
fashion.  Using this idea, we will eventually implement a variety of
interesting "filesystems."  A simple example is transparent FTP, but there are
also ideas like a transparent tar archive.  (Just think, all you will need do
is `cd' into a tar archive and do an `ls', instead of remembering incantations
like `tar tfv foo.tar'.)  There are even stranger ideas people have thought up;
this design choice turns out to be surprisingly fruitful.  This is a
characteristic of the Hurd which is not supported by any other free or
nearly-free operating systems, and only a very few commercial systems (none of
which look anything like Unix).

We are not sure at this point whether the initial alpha test release will have
network support in it; this will depend on staffing considerations.  If it does
not, then implementing the network will be the top priority after the alpha
release.  The plan is to write a library which will enable network modules from
a BSD kernel (many of which are now free) to be "dropped in" and used with only
minimal modification, though more work would be needed to enable such a network
server to get maximal performance.

Source compatibility with 4.4 BSD and POSIX.1 will be provided by the GNU C
Library.  In addition, binary compatibility will be provided on some machines
using the system call emulation facilities of Mach. Further, a great number of
functions, done in Unix by the kernel, will be done in the C library.  This
allows users who dislike some of the precise semantics of a system call to
easily replace it in their programs.  Calls such as those which change signal
state can be implemented entirely in the library and become much faster as well.

We have a mailing list to discuss the design of Hurd.  Experts in OS design and
seasoned Unix wizards are welcome to help hash out the details of the
interface.



A Small Way to Help Free Software
*********************************

If you find that GNU software has been helpful to you, and in particular if you
have benefitted from having sources freely available, please help support the
spread of free software by telling others.  For example, you might say in
published papers and internal project reports:

     "We were able to modify the `fubar' utility to serve our particular needs
     because it is free software.  As a result, we were able to finish the XYZ
     project six months earlier."

Let users, management, and friends know!  And send us a copy. Thanks!



Project GNU Status Report
*************************

   * GNU Software Configuration Scheme

     To allow GNU software to compile and run on a large number of platforms,
     it is often necessary to include platform-specific code to handle
     different situations.  It is then useful to know the type of platform on
     which you are going to build the software.  We are now ironing out the
     details of a uniform scheme for configuring GNU software packages in order
     to compile them.  This will make it possible to configure any and all GNU
     software in the same way.  In particular, all GNU software will support
     the same naming scheme for machine types and system types.

     The configuration scheme will enable you to configure a directory
     containing several GNU packages with one command.  When we have a complete
     system, it will be possible to configure everything at once, eliminating
     the need to learn how to configure each of the individual programs that
     make up the GNU system.

     For tools used in development, the configuration scheme lets you specify
     both the host system and the target system, so you can configure and build
     cross-development tools easily.

     GCC Version 2 and GDB Version 4 support the new configuration scheme, as
     do many of the smaller programs and collections.  Over the coming year, we
     will change our other software to support it.

   * GNU Emacs

     Version 19 will enter beta test late this year.  Among its new features
     are: `before' and `after change hooks', source-level debugging of Emacs
     Lisp programs, X selection processing (including clipboard selections),
     scrollbars, support for European character sets, floating point numbers,
     per-buffer mouse commands, X resource manager interfacing, mouse-tracking,
     Lisp-level binding of function keys, multiple X windows (`screens' to
     Emacs), a new input system, and buffer allocation, which uses a new
     mechanism capable of returning storage to the system when a buffer is
     killed.

     The input stream is now a sequence of Lisp objects, instead of a sequence
     of characters.  This allows a reasonable representation for mouse clicks,
     function keys, menu selections, etc.

     Thanks go to Alan Carroll and the people who worked on Epoch for
     generating initial feedback to a multi-windowed Emacs, and to Eric Raymond
     for help in polishing the Emacs 19 Lisp libraries.

     Emacs 18 maintenance continues for simple bug fixes.

   * C Compiler

     The GNU C compiler (GCC) version 1.40 is current; 1.41 is expected soon.
     GCC supports both ANSI standard and traditional C, as well as the GNU
     extensions to C.

     Version 1 is stable, but still maintained with bug fixes.  It supports
     these CPU types: 680x0, VAX, 32x32, 80[34]86, SPARC (Sun-4), SPUR, Convex,
     MIPS, Tahoe, Pyramid, and Alliant.  It supports both `a.out' and COFF
     format object files when used with a suitable assembler.

     Version 2 of GCC is in beta test (see "Contents of the Experimental Tape")
     and includes front-ends for C++ and Objective-C.  New front ends are being
     developed, but they are not part of GCC yet.  A front end for Ada is being
     funded through the Ada 9X standards committee.  Since it is a quite
     complex language, we expect completion to take a while.  A front end for
     Fortran is now being integrated, but this will also not be available soon.
     Volunteers are developing front ends for Modula-3 and Pascal.  There are
     mumblings about other languages, but no one has volunteered to do Cobol
     yet.

   * Binutils

     Steve Chamberlain and others at Cygnus Support have rewritten the binary
     utilities (including the linker).  These are now based on the same Binary
     File Descriptor library used by GDB.  All the tools can be run on a host
     that differs from the target (e.g. cross-linking is supported).
     Furthermore, various forms of COFF and other object file formats are
     supported.  A tool can deal with object files in multiple forms at once.
     For example, the linker can read object files using two different formats,
     and write the output in a third format.  The linker interprets a superset
     of the AT&T Linker Command Language, which allows very general control
     over where segments are placed in memory.

     Version 1.94 is currently in beta test.  Major changes are not expected.
     Per Bothner, `[e-mail]', coordinates the release.

   * C Library

     Roland McGrath continues to work on the C Library.  It now conforms to
     ANSI C-1989 and POSIX.1-1990, and work is in progress on POSIX.2 and Unix
     functions (BSD and System V).  In the Hurd, it will do much of what the
     system calls do in Unix.  Roland is working on this code and has written
     alot of it already.  Mike Haertel has written a fast `malloc' which wastes
     less memory than the old GNU `malloc'. The GNU regular-expression
     functions (`regex') now mostly conform to the POSIX.2 standard.  A manual
     for the library (including the "system calls") is mostly written.

     GNU `stdio' lets you define new kinds of streams, just by writing a few C
     functions.  The `fmemopen' function uses this to open a stream on a
     string, which can grow as necessary.  You can define your own `printf'
     formats to use a C function you write; and there is a way to safely use
     format strings from user input, for example to implement a `printf'-like
     function for another programming language.  Extended `getopt' functions
     are already used to parse options, including long options, in many GNU
     utilities.

     Version 1.03 runs on Sun-3 & Sun-4 (SunOS 4.1) and HP 9000/300 (4.3 BSD).
     Version 1.04 will include a complete port for MIPS DECstations (Ultrix
     4.2), and improved support for the i386/i486 (System V & BSD).

   * GNU Debugger

     The GNU source-level C and C++ debugger, GDB, is now being distributed
     along with the GNU C Compiler.

     GDB Version 4.5 is in beta test.  New machine ports include the IBM
     RS/6000, AMD 29000, and Intel 960.  Object files and symbol tables are now
     read via a Binary File Descriptor library, which allows a single copy of
     GDB to debug programs of multiple object file types such as `a.out' and
     COFF.  Other new features include improvements to the command language,
     watchpoints (breakpoints triggered when the value of an expression
     changes), exception handling (when used with GCC version 2) and support
     for SunOS shared libraries and C++ multiple inheritance.

   * JACAL

     Aubrey Jaffer is preparing a new release of JACAL, a symbolic mathematics
     system for the simplification and manipulation of equations and
     single-and-multiple-valued algebraic expressions constructed of numbers,
     variables, radicals, and algebraic functions, differential and finite
     differential operators, and holonomic functions.  In addition, vectors and
     matrices of the above objects are included.

     JACAL runs under either Common Lisp or Scheme.  A version of Scheme (IEEE
     P1178 and R4RS compliant) written in C comes with JACAL.  It runs under
     VMS, MS-DOS, Unix, and similar systems.  Pre-release source is available
     for anonymous FTP from `martigny.ai.mit.edu' under `/archive/scm' in
     `jacal0-4.tar.Z' and `scm3c13.tar.Z'.

     The FSF is not distributing JACAL on tape yet.  To receive an IBM PC
     floppy disk with the source and executable files, send $60.00 ($65.00 for
     i386) to: Aubrey Jaffer, 84 Pleasant St., Wakefield MA   01880   USA.

   * Ghostscript

     The current version of Ghostscript is 2.4.1.  Features include: the
     ability to specify device resolution and output file (including piping)
     from the command line; many new output devices and file formats, including
     PBM/PGM/PPM, GIF, and PCX; many more Postscript Level 2 facilities;
     improved character rendering; and incorporation of the standard Adobe font
     metrics into the Ghostscript fonts.

     Ghostscript 2.4.1 accepts commands in Postscript and executes them by
     drawing on an X window, writing a file that you can print directly, or
     writing directly to a printer.  GNU volunteer Tim Theisen,
     `[e-mail]', has created a previewer for multi-page files,
     called Ghostview, on top of Ghostscript.

     Ghostscript includes a C-callable graphics library (for client programs
     that do not want to deal with the Postscript language).  It also supports
     IBM PCs and compatibles with EGA, VGA, or SuperVGA graphics (but do not
     ask the FSF staff any questions about this; we do not use PCs).

   * groff

     James Clark has completed `groff' (GNU `troff' and related programs).
     Version 1.05 is now available (see "Contents of Utilities Tape").  `groff'
     is written in C++.  It can be compiled with GNU C++ Version 1.40.3 or
     later.

     Future bugs in `groff' will be fixed, but no new development is currently
     planned.  However, `groff' users are encouraged to continue to contribute
     enhancements.  Most needed are complete Texinfo documentation, a `grap'
     emulation (a `pic' preprocessor for typesetting graphs), a page-makeup
     postprocessor similar to `pm' (see `Computing Systems', Vol 2, No. 2), and
     an ASCII output class for `pic' so that `pic' can be integrated with
     Texinfo.

     James would like to thank everybody who has contributed bug reports.
     Please continue to send them to `[e-mail]'

   * GNU Graphics

     GNU Graphics is a set of programs which produce plots from ASCII or binary
     data.  It supports output to Tektronix 4010, Postscript, and the X Window
     System or compatible devices.

     A new version of GNU Graphics has begun alpha testing.  Improvements
     include: a revised manual; new features in `graph', `xplot' and `plot2ps';
     support for output in ln03 and TekniCAD TDA file formats; a replacement
     for the `spline' program; examples of shell scripts using `graph' and
     `plot'; the addition of a statistics toolkit; and the use of `configure'
     for installation.

     Existing ports need retesting.  Contact Rich Murphey, `[e-mail]', if
     you can help test/port it to anything other than a SPARCstation.

   * Texinfo 2

     The Texinfo 2 package includes an enhanced Texinfo mode for GNU Emacs, new
     versions of the formatting utilities, and the second edition of the
     `Texinfo Manual' (which is more complete than the first edition and
     describes over 50 new commands).  Texinfo mode now includes commands for
     automatically creating and updating nodes and menus, a tedious task when
     done by hand.  New utilities include `makeinfo', a standalone formatter,
     and `info', a standalone Info reader.  Both are written in C and are
     independent of GNU Emacs.  Texinfo 2 is in late beta test.



A GNU Standard on Suns?
***********************

Sun Microsystems was one of the pioneers of so-called "open systems".  They are
now leading the industry in a new way: they are the first major Unix
workstation vendor to announce that they will not ship a C compiler with their
Unix operating system.  Other Unix workstation vendors have announced that they
will follow suit.

Sun's decision to remove their compiler has created a unique opportunity to
make GNU C the new standard C compiler for Sun workstations. Cygnus Support, in
cooperation with the Free Software Foundation and other free software
developers, has announced plans to port GNU C and other required software (GNU
`as', `gdb', and possibly `ld') to the Solaris platform.

Cygnus is looking for 150 subscribers, each of them to contribute $2000 (about
the cost of a compiler license from Sun for three CPUs), to fund the necessary
work.  (Subscribers will also get commercial support for a year.)  The results,
when completed, will be free software like the rest of the GNU system.  Also,
$75,000 of the funds raised is to be donated to the FSF.

This is the first attempt to raise funds for free software development by
asking for users to subscribe in advance.  For more info, contact Cygnus
Support at [phone] or send mail to `[e-mail]'.



Andrew Toolkit Stays Free
*************************

The Andrew Toolkit is both an extensible, object-oriented toolkit for graphical
user interfaces and a package of applications.  The most widely-used
application is the Andrew Message System (AMS).  The Toolkit is distributed on
FSF's `optional' X Windows tape.

Not long ago, several people asked whether the Toolkit would stay free. It
will.  The Andrew Toolkit Consortium plans to continue to make versions of the
Toolkit and the AMS freely usable and distributable. However, there is (as
there has always been) a catch: members of the Consortium get updates sooner
and more frequently than the rest of us. This provides Consortium members with
another incentive to continue as members.



GNU in Japan
************

Mieko, `[e-mail]', and Nobuyuki Hikichi, `[e-mail]', continue
to work on the GNU Project in Japan.  They translate GNU information, write
columns, request donations, and consult about GNU.  They have translated
Version 1 of the GNU General Public License into Japanese.

Japanese versions of Emacs and Epoch are available.  Both of them, `nemacs'
(Nihongo Emacs) and `nepoch' (Nihongo Epoch), are widely used in Japan.

Mule (the MULtilingual Enhancement of GNU Emacs) is a version of Emacs that can
handle many character sets at once.  Eventually, the features it provides will
be merged into the FSF version of Emacs.  Ken'ichi Handa, `[e-mail]', is
beta testing MULE; you can FTP sources from `sh.wide.ad.jp:/JAPAN/mule' or
`etlport.etl.go.jp:/pub/mule'.

If you can, please order GNU software directly from the FSF; every 150 tape
orders allows FSF to hire a programmer for a year to create more free software.
Otherwise, many groups in Japan are distributing GNU software, including JUG (a
PC user group), Nikkei Business Publications and ASCII (publishers), and the
Fujitsu FM Towns users group.  Anonymous UUCP is also now available in Japan;
for more information contact `[e-mail]'.  The FSF does not distribute
`nemacs' or `nepoch'.

The Village Center, Inc. has printed a Japanese translation of the `GNU Emacs
Lisp Reference Manual' and also uploaded the Texinfo source to various bulletin
boards.  They are donating part of the revenue generated by distributing the
manual to FSF.  Their address is: Kanda Amerex Bldg.  2F 1-16, 3-Chome,
Misaki-Cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101.

A group connected with the commercial personal computer network in Japan is
writing and distributing a copylefted hardware (circuit diagram) design and
associated software that uses a MIPS-architecture based CPU. The OS, called
`t2', is a subset of Unix using GCC and GDB as the system's compiler and
debugger.



GNU Software Support Company in Japan
-------------------------------------

People in Japan can now contact a company for GNU software support; the company
is named Wingnut (Fax only: [phone]).  The organizers were inspired by
the GNU Manifesto.  Wingnut will provide two services: porting and customizing
GNU software, and answering technical questions (including how to install the
software).



     *"In computer science, we stand on each other's feet."*

     -anonymous



GNU Documentation
*****************

GNU manuals are intended to explain the underlying concepts, describe how to
use all the features of each program, and give examples of command use.  GNU
documentation is distributed as Texinfo source files, which yield both typeset
hardcopy and on-line hypertext-like presentation via the menu-driven Info
system.  The manuals, provided with our software, are also available in
hardcopy; see the "FSF Order Form" inside the back cover.

The Emacs Manual describes the use of GNU Emacs.  It also explains advanced
features, such as outline mode and regular expression search, and how to use
special modes for programming in languages like C and Lisp.

The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual covers the GNU Emacs Lisp programming language
in great depth, including data types, control structures, functions, macros,
syntax tables, searching and matching, modes, windows, keymaps, byte
compilation, markers, and the operating system interface.

The Emacs Calc Manual includes both a tutorial and a reference manual for Calc.
It describes how to do ordinary arithmetic, how to use Calc for algebra,
calculus, and other forms of mathematics, and how to extend Calc.

The Texinfo Manual explains the markup language used to generate both the
online Info documentation and hardcopies.  It tells you how to make tables,
lists, chapters, nodes, indexes, cross references, how to use Texinfo mode in
GNU Emacs, and how to catch mistakes.

The GDB Manual explains how to use the GNU Debugger, including how to run your
program under debugger control, how to examine and alter data, how to modify
the flow of control within the program, and how to use GDB through GNU Emacs.

The GAWK Manual describes how to use the GNU implementation of `awk'.  It is
written for someone who has never used `awk' and describes all the features of
this powerful string manipulation language.

The Bison Manual teaches how to write context-free grammars that convert into
C-coded parsers.  You need no prior knowledge of parser generators.

The Make Manual describes GNU `make', a program used to rebuild parts of other
programs.  The manual covers writing `makefile's, which specifies how a program
is to be compiled and its dependencies.

The Termcap Manual, often described as "Twice as much as you ever wanted to
know about Termcap," details the format of the `termcap' database, the
definitions of terminal capabilities, and the process of interrogating a
terminal description.  This manual is primarily for programmers.



Project Gutenberg Looks for Volunteers
**************************************

Project Gutenberg encourages the creation and distribution of English language
electronic texts.  Their goal is to provide a collection of 10,000 of the most
used books by 2001.  They need a few volunteers to help find copyright
information about the books they wish to use as sources for electronic editions.

If you want to help with this (or in any other way), please contact Mary Brandt
Jensen at `[e-mail]' or [phone].



Project GNU Wish List
*********************

Wishes for this issue are for:

   * Volunteers to distribute this Bulletin at trade shows and technical
     conferences.  Please call the phone number on the front cover to make
     arrangements.

   * Disk drives to give us more space to develop our software.

   * One 386 or 486 PC-AT compatible with at least 200 meg of hard disk and an
     Ethernet card.

   * The following equipment:

        * Sun QIC-150 cartridge tape drive.

        * 300+ meg SCSI disk(s) for a Sun-3.

        * 300+ meg SCSI disk(s) for a SONY News workstation.

        * a floppy disk copying and verification machine.

        * a 19" equipment rack.

        * an Exabyte tape drive.

        * Sun-3 workstations.

        * Core memory for and a board to add a monochrome monitor alongside
          a color monitor for a Sun-4/110 workstation.

        * Hard disks for IBM RTs.

   * Companies to lend us capable programmers and technical writers for at
     least six months.  True wizards may be welcome for shorter periods, but we
     have found that six months is the minimum time for a good programmer to
     finish a worthwhile project.

   * Professors who might be interested in sponsoring or hosting research
     assistants to do GNU development, with FSF support.

   * Volunteers to help write programs and documentation.  Send mail to
     `[e-mail]' for the task list and coding standards.

   * Speech and character recognition software and systems (if the devices
     aren't too weird), with the device drivers if possible.  This would help
     the productivity of a few partially disabled programmers we know.

   * New quotes and ideas for articles in the GNU's Bulletin.  We particularly
     like to highlight organizations involved with free information exchange.

   * Copies of newspaper and journal articles mentioning the GNU Project or GNU
     software.  Send these to the address on the front cover, or send a
     citation to `[e-mail]'.

   * Money, as always.  Please remember, donations are tax-deductible.  With
     the latest donations, we have been able to expand our staff again.  With
     the increased staff we have an even greater need for donations.

     One way to give us a small amount of money is to order a distribution tape
     or two.  This may not count as a donation for tax purposes, but it can
     qualify as a business expense.



Please Support Free Software
****************************

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future--please support the efforts of the FSF with a donation!

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How to Get GNU Software
***********************

All the software and publications from the Free Software Foundation are
distributed with permission to copy and redistribute.  The easiest way to get
GNU software is to copy it from someone else who has it.

If you have Internet access, you can get the latest software via anonymous FTP
from the host `prep.ai.mit.edu' (the IP address is `18.71.0.38').  Get file
`/pub/gnu/GETTING.GNU.SOFTWARE' for more information.

If you cannot get the software one of these ways, or would like to contribute
some funds to our efforts and receive the latest versions, we distribute tapes
for a copying and distribution fee (see the "FSF Order Form").

There are also third party groups that distribute our software; they do not
work with us, but have our software in other forms.  For your convenience we
list some of them here (also see "Free Software for Microcomputers").  Please
note that the Free Software Foundation is not affiliated with them in any way
and is not responsible for either the currency of their versions or the
swiftness of their responses.

These TCP/IP Internet sites provide GNU software via anonymous FTP (program:
`ftp', user: `anonymous', password: YOUR NAME, mode: `binary'):

     archie.au, ftp.eu.net, wuarchive.wustl.edu, uxc.cso.uiuc.edu,
     ftp.stacken.kth.se, sunic.sunet.se, isy.liu.se, ugle.unit.no,
     ftp.win.tue.nl, ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de, ftp.diku.dk,
     utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp, labrea.stanford.edu, jaguar.cs.utah.edu,
     cc.utah.edu (VMS GNU Emacs), ftp.eunet.ch, nic.funet.fi,
     gatekeeper.dec.com, mango.rsmas.miami.edu (VMS GCC),
     ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp, and ftp.uu.net (under `/packages/gnu').

Those on the SPAN network can ask rdss::corbet.

Those on JANET can look under `src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/gnu'.

You can get some GNU programs via UUCP.  Ohio State University posts their UUCP
instructions regularly to newsgroup `comp.sources.d' on USENET.  The following
people will send you information via electronic mail:

     hao!scicom!qetzal!upba!ugn!nepa!denny, uunet!hutch!barber,
     [e-mail], [e-mail], acornrc!bob,
     [e-mail], and [e-mail]

For those without Internet access, see the section entitled "Free Software
Support" for information on receiving electronic mail via UUCP.



GNU Software Available Now
**************************

We offer Unix software source distribution tapes in `tar' format on the
following media: 1600 bpi 9-track reel tape, 8mm Exabyte cartridges, Sun QIC-24
cartridges, Hewlett-Packard 16-track cartridges, and IBM RS/6000 1/4"
cartridges (an Emacs binary is also on the RS/6000 tape).  We also offer VMS
tapes for GNU Emacs and the GNU C compiler that include sources and VMS
executables.

The contents of the various 9-track and cartridge tapes for Unix systems are
the same (except for the RS/6000 Emacs tape).  Only the media are different
(see the "FSF Order Form").  Documentation comes in Texinfo format.  The GNU
software tapes include both `texinfo.tex' and `texi2roff'.

Version numbers listed by program names were current at the time this Bulletin
was published.  When you order a distribution tape, some of the programs might
be newer, and therefore the version number higher.



Contents of the Emacs Tape
--------------------------

The software on this release tape is considered fairly stable, but as always,
we welcome your bug reports.  Some of the software that has been on this tape
in the past has moved to the Languages and Utilities tapes.

   * GNU Emacs 18.58

     In 1975, Richard Stallman developed the first Emacs, an extensible,
     customizable real-time display editor.  GNU Emacs is his second
     implementation.  It's the first Emacs for Unix systems that offers true
     Lisp--smoothly integrated into the editor--for writing extensions, and
     provides a special interface to MIT's X Window System.  In addition to its
     powerful native command set, extensions which emulate other popular
     editors are distributed: vi, EDT (DEC VMS editor), and Gosling (aka
     Unipress) Emacs.  It is described by the `GNU Emacs Manual' and the `GNU
     Emacs Lisp Reference Manual', which come with the software.  A reference
     card is available.

     GNU Emacs 18.58 runs on many Unix systems: Alliant, Altos 3068, Amdahl
     (UTS), Apollo, AT&T (3B machines & 7300 PC), Aviion, CCI 5/32 & 6/32,
     Celerity, Convex, Digital (DECstation 3100 & 5000 (Pmaxes), VAX (BSD,
     System V, or VMS)), Motorola Delta (System V/68 release 3), Dual, Elxsi
     6400, Encore (DPC, APC, & XPC), Gould, HP (9000 series 200, 300, 700, &
     800, but not series 500), HLH Orion 1/05, IBM (RT/PC (4.2 & AIX), PS/2
     (AIX (386 only)) & RS/6000 (AIX)), Integrated Solutions (Optimum V with
     68020 & VMEbus), Intel 80386 (BSD, Microport, System V, Xenix & PS/2 (for
     MS-DOS see "Free Software for Microcomputers")), Iris (2500, 2500 Turbo, &
     4D), LMI (Nu), Masscomp, MIPS, National Semiconductor 32000, NCR (Tower
     32), Nixdorf Targon 31, Plexus, Prime EXL, Sequent (Balance & Symmetry),
     SONY News, Stride (system release 2), all Suns (including 386i), Stardent
     1500 & 3000, Tahoe, Tandem Integrity S2, Tektronix (NS32000 & 4300), Texas
     Instruments (Nu), Titan P2 & P3, Ustation E30 (SS5E), & Whitechapel (MG1).

   * GNU Calc 2.02

     Calc (written by Dave Gillespie in Emacs Lisp) is an extensible, advanced
     desk calculator and mathematical tool that runs as part of GNU Emacs.  It
     comes with the `Calc Manual', which serves as a tutorial and reference.
     If you wish, you can use Calc only as a simple four-function calculator,
     but it provides additional features including choice of algebraic or RPN
     (stack-based) entry, logarithms, trigonometric and financial functions,
     arbitrary precision, complex numbers, vectors, matrices, dates, times,
     infinities, sets, algebraic simplification, differentiation, and
     integration.

   * MIT Scheme 7.0 and Yale T 3.1

     Scheme is a simplified, lexically-scoped dialect of Lisp.  It was designed
     at MIT and other universities to teach students the art of programming and
     to research new parallel programming constructs and compilation
     techniques.  MIT Scheme is written in C and the interpreter runs on many
     Unix systems.  It conforms to the "Revised^3 Report On the Algorithmic
     Language Scheme" (MIT AI Lab Memo 848a), for which TeX source is included.

     T is a variant of Scheme developed at Yale University; it is intended for
     production use in program development.  T contains a native-code
     optimizing compiler that produces code that runs at speeds comparable to
     the speeds of programs written in conventional languages.  It runs on BSD
     VAXen, 680x0 systems, SPARCs, and MIPS R2000 workstations (including the
     DECstation 3100), & NS32000 machines (including the Encore Multimax).  T
     is written in itself and cannot be bootstrapped without a binary
     (included), but it is great if you can use it.  Some documentation is
     included.

   * Texinfo 2.14, `texi2roff' 2.0

     Texinfo is a set of utilities that generate printed manuals and online
     hypertext-style manuals (called `Info').  The late beta-test Texinfo 2
     package contains enhancements to the current suite and a manual.

     `texi2roff', written by Beverly Erlebacher, translates GNU Texinfo files
     so that they can be printed by the `[gnt]roff' programs utilizing the
     `-mm', `-ms', or `-me' macro packages.  It is included on all Unix tapes
     so people without TeX (but who have `[gnt]roff') can print out GNU
     documentation.

   * Data Compression Software

     Some of the contents of our tape distribution are compressed, which is
     currently indicated by a `.Z' suffix.  We include software on the tapes to
     compress/decompress these files.  Due to patent troubles with `compress',
     we will be switching to another compression algorithm--as soon as we find
     one that is safe. The online distribution on `prep.ai.mit.edu' will be
     changed first to give the new program a trial period.  Each tape includes
     the program that will uncompress the compressed files on it.



Contents of the Languages Tape
------------------------------

This tape contains programming language tools: compilers, interpreters, and
related programs (parsers, conversion programs, debuggers, etc.). Many of these
programs were on the Compiler tape, which no longer exists.

   * GCC 1.40

     The GNU C compiler is a fairly portable optimizing compiler which performs
     automatic register allocation, common sub-expression elimination,
     invariant code motion from loops, induction variable optimizations,
     constant propagation and copy propagation, delayed popping of function
     call arguments, tail recursion elimination, integration of inline
     functions, and frame pointer elimination, plus many local optimizations
     that are automatically deduced from the machine description.

     GCC supports full ANSI C, traditional C, and the GNU C extensions.  It
     generates good code for the 32000, 680x0, 80386, Alliant, Convex, Tahoe &
     VAX CPUs, and for these RISC CPUs: i860, Pyramid, SPARC, & SPUR.  The MIPS
     RISC CPU is also supported.  Other supported systems include: 386 (AIX),
     Alliant FX/8, Altos 3068, Apollo 68000/68020 (Aegis), AT&T 3B1, Convex C1
     & C2, DECstation 3100 & 5000, DEC VAX, Encore MultiMax (NS32000), Genix
     NS32000, Harris HCX-7 & HCX-9, HP-UX 68000/68020, HP (BSD), IBM PS/2
     (AIX), Intel 386 (System V, Xenix, BSD, but not MS-DOS), Iris MIPS
     machine, ISI 68000/68020, MIPS, NeXT, Pyramid, Sequent Balance (NS32000),
     Sequent Symmetry (i386), SONY News, Sun (2, 3 (optionally with FPA), 4,
     SPARCstation, & Sun-386i).  See "Project GNU Status Report" for more
     details.

     A good programmer will be able to make a cross compiler on most of these
     systems to cross-compile to most of these architectures.  Most of the work
     will be with the compiler support tools, not GCC itself.

     The `GCC Manual' is included with the compiler.  The manual (not yet on
     our order form) describes how to run and install the GNU C compiler, and
     how to port it to new processors.  It describes new features and
     incompatibilities of the compiler, but people not familiar with C will
     also need a good book on the C programming language.

   * G++ 1.40.3, `libg++' 1.39.0, and NIH Class Library 2.204a

     G++ is a set of changes for GCC that compiles C++, the well-known
     object-oriented language.  As far as possible, G++ is kept compatible with
     the evolving draft ANSI standard, but not with `cfront' (the AT&T
     compiler), as `cfront' has been diverging from ANSI.  G++ comes with the
     `GNU G++ User's Guide' (not yet published on paper).  G++ compiles source
     quickly, provides good error messages, and works well with GDB.  As G++
     depends on GCC, it must be used with a specific numbered version of GCC.

     The GNU C++ library, `libg'++, is an extensive, documented collection of
     C++ classes and support tools for use with G++.

     The NIH Class Library (formerly known as "OOPS", Object-Oriented Program
     Support) is a portable collection of classes similar to those in
     Smalltalk-80 that has been developed by Keith Gorlen of NIH, using the C++
     programming language.

   * GAS 1.38.1, binutils 1.9, `dld' 3.2.3, and COFF Support

     The GNU assembler (GAS) is a fairly portable, one pass assembler that is
     almost twice as fast as Unix `as' and works for 32x32, 680x0, 80386, SPARC
     (Sun-4), and VAXen.

     We have free versions of `ar', `gprof', `ld', `nm', `ranlib', `size', and
     `strip'.  The GNU linker `ld' is fast, and is the only linker with
     source-line numbered error messages for multiply-defined symbols and
     undefined references.

     `dld' is a dynamic linker written by W. Wilson Ho.  Linking your program
     with the `dld' library allows you to dynamically load object files into
     the running binary.

     The entire suite of GNU software tools can be run on System V, replacing
     COFF entirely.  The GNU tools can operate on BSD object files with a COFF
     header the System V kernel will accept.  `robotussin' is supplied for
     converting standard libraries to this format.

   * `flex' 2.3.7 and Bison 1.18

     `flex' is a mostly-compatible replacement for the Unix `lex' scanner
     generator, written by Vern Paxson of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
     `flex' generates far more efficient scanners than `lex' does.

     Bison is an upwardly compatible replacement for the parser generator
     `yacc', with additional features.  The `Bison Manual' comes with the
     software.

   * `make' 3.62, GDB 3.5, and `indent' 1.2

     GNU `make' has most of the features of the BSD and System V versions of
     `make' as well as many of our own extensions, and complies with POSIX.2.
     GNU extensions include parallelism, conditional execution, and text
     manipulation.  Version 3.62 of GNU `make' is fairly stable.  The `Make
     Manual' comes with the source.

     GDB 3.5, the GNU debugger, runs under BSD 4.2/4.3 on VAXen and Suns (2, 3,
     4, & SPARCstation), Altos, Convex, HP 9000/370 (BSD), HP 9000/320 (HP/UX),
     System V 386 systems (with either GNU or native object file format), ISI
     Optimum V, Merlin under Utek 2.1, SONY News, Gould NPL & PN machines,
     Pyramid, Sequent Symmetry (a 386-based machine), and Encore MultiMax under
     Umax 4.2.

     GDB features incremental reading of symbol tables (for fast startup and
     less memory use), command-line editing, interactive function calling in
     the program being debugged, remote debugging over a serial line, a value
     history, and user-defined commands.  It can be used to debug C, C++, and
     Fortran programs.  The `GDB Manual' includes a reference card.

     `indent' is the GNU-modified version of the freely-redistributable BSD
     program.  It formats C source according to GNU coding standards by
     default, though the original default and other formats are available as
     options.

   * GAWK 2.13.2, Smalltalk 1.1.1, and `perl' 4.019

     GAWK is upwardly compatible with the System V Release 4 version of `awk'.
     The `GAWK Manual' comes with the software.

     GNU Smalltalk is an interpreted object-oriented programming language
     system written in portable C.  Features include an incremental garbage
     collector, a binary image save capability, the ability to invoke
     user-written C code and pass parameters to it, a GNU Emacs editing mode,
     optional byte-code compilation tracing and byte-code execution tracing,
     and automatically loaded per-user initialization files.

     Larry Wall has written a fast interpreter named `perl', which combines the
     features of `sed', `awk', `sh', and C.  It has all of the capabilities of
     the these programs, as well interfaces to many system calls and C library
     routines (including the TCP/IP socket-manipulation facilities).

   * `gperf' 2.1, `ae', and `f2c' 3.2.90

     `gperf' is a "perfect" hash-table generation utility.  There are actually
     two versions of `gperf', one written in C and one in C++.  Both will
     produce hash functions in either C or C++.

     `ae' works with GCC to produce more complete profiling information.

     `f2c' converts Fortran--77 source files into C or C++.

   * `gdbm' 1.5 and `gmp' 1.2

     The `gdbm' library is the GNU replacement for the standard `dbm' and
     `ndbm' libraries.  `gdbm' supports both styles but does not need sparse
     database formats (unlike its Unix counterparts).

     GNU MP (`gmp') is a library for arbitrary precision arithmetic, operating
     on signed integers and rational numbers.  It has a rich set of functions,
     all with a regular interface.

   * `texi2roff' 2.0 and Texinfo 2.14

     These packages are the same as the ones on the Emacs tape.



Contents of the Utilities Tape
------------------------------

This tape includes the programs written by the GNU Project (as well as some
third-party software) that are not on the other two tapes.  For the most part,
they consist of smaller utilities and miscellaneous applications.  As usual,
bug reports are welcome.  Many of these programs were on the old Emacs tape and
the now defunct Compiler tape.

   * BASH 1.12, `groff' 1.05, and `gptx' 0.2

     The GNU Shell, BASH (for Bourne Again SHell), is compatible with the Unix
     `sh' and offers many extensions found in `csh' and `ksh'.  BASH has job
     control, `csh'-style command history, and command-line editing (with Emacs
     and `vi' modes built-in and the ability to rebind keys).  BASH should
     compile on most systems.

     `groff' is a document formatting system, which includes implementations of
     `troff', `pic', `eqn', `tbl', `refer', the `-man', `-ms', and `-mm'
     macros, as well as drivers for Postscript, TeX dvi format, and
     typewriter-like devices.  Also included is a modified version of the
     Berkeley `-me' macros and an enhanced version of the `X11' `xditview'
     previewer.

     `gptx' is the GNU version of `ptx', a permuted index generator.  Among
     other things, it can produce readable "KWIC" (KeyWords In their Context)
     without the need of `nroff', and there is an option to produce
     TeX-compatible output.

   * `tar' 1.10 and `cpio' 1.5

     GNU `tar' includes multivolume support, the ability to archive sparse
     files, automatic archive compression/decompression, remote archives, and
     special features to allow `tar' to be used for incremental and full
     backups.

     `cpio' is an alternative archive format to `tar'.

   * `diff' 1.15, `grep'/`egrep' 1.5, `fgrep' 1.1, and `patch' 2.0.12u6

     The `diff' and `[ef]grep' programs are GNU's versions of the Unix programs
     of the same name.  They are much faster than the traditional Unix
     versions.  `patch' is Larry Wall's program to take `diff''s output and
     apply those differences to an original file to generate the patched
     version.

   * RCS 5.6 and CVS 1.3

     The Revision Control System, RCS, is used for version control and
     management of software projects.  When used with GNU `diff', later
     versions of RCS can handle binary files (executables, object files, 8-bit
     data, etc).  The Concurrent Version System, CVS, manages software revision
     and release control in a multi-developer, multi-directory, multi-group
     environment.  It works best on top of RCS Versions 4 and above, but will
     parse older RCS formats with the loss of CVS's fancier features.  See
     Berliner, Brian, "CVS-II: Parallelizing Software Development,"
     `Proceedings of the Winter 1990 USENIX Association Conference.'

   * `find' 3.5, fileutils 3.2, shellutils 1.6, and textutils 1.3

     `find' is used frequently both interactively and in shell scripts to find
     files that match certain criteria and perform arbitrary operations on them.

     The "fileutils" are file manipulation utilities: `chgrp', `chmod', `chown',
     `cp', `dd', `df', `du', `install', `ln', `ls', `mkdir', `mkfifo', `mknod',
     `mv', `mvdir', `rm', `rmdir', and `touch'. The "shellutils" are small
     commands used on the command line or in shell scripts: `basename', `date',
     `dirname', `env', `expr', `groups', `id', `logname', `nice', `nohup',
     `pathchk', `printenv', `printf', `sleep', `stty', `tee', `test', `tty',
     `uname', `whoami', and `yes'. The "textutils" programs manipulate textual
     data: `cat', `cmp', `comm', `csplit', `cut', `expand', `fold', `head',
     `join', `nl', `paste', `pr', `sort', `split', `sum', `tac', `tail', `tr',
     `unexpand', `uniq', and `wc'.

   * Ghostscript 2.4.1, Ghostview 1.3, fontutils 0.4, and `gnuplot' 3.1

     Ghostscript is GNU's graphics language that is almost fully compatible
     with Postscript (see "Project GNU Status Report").  Ghostview provides an
     X11 user interface for the Ghostscript interpreter.  Ghostview and
     Ghostscript function as two cooperating programs, Ghostview creates the
     viewing window and Ghostscript draws in it.

     The "fontutils" can create fonts for use with Ghostscript or TeX, starting
     with a scanned type image and converting the bitmaps to outlines.  They
     also contain general conversion programs and other utilities.

     `gnuplot' is an interactive program for plotting mathematical expressions
     and data.  Oddly enough, the program was neither written nor named for the
     GNU Project, the name is a coincidence.

   * `m4' 1.0, `sed' 1.08, and `bc' 1.02

     GNU `m4' is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor and
     is mostly System V Release 4 compatible, although it has some extensions
     (for example, it handles more than 9 positional parameters to macros).
     `m4' also has built-in functions for including files, running shell
     commands, doing arithmetic, etc.

     `sed' is a stream-oriented version of `ed', used to manipulate text.

     `bc' is an interactive algebraic language with arbitrary precision. GNU
     `bc' was implemented from the POSIX P1003.2 draft standard, but it has
     several extensions including multi-character variable names, an `else'
     statement, and full Boolean expressions.

   * `elvis' 1.5, `screen' 2.1c, and `less' 177

     `elvis' is a clone of the `vi'/`ex' Unix editor.  It supports nearly all
     of the `vi'/`ex' commands in both visual and line mode.  `elvis' runs
     under BSD, System V, Xenix, Minix, MS-DOS, and Atari TOS.  It should be
     easy to port to many other systems.

     `screen' is a terminal multiplexor that allows you to handle several
     independent "screens" (ttys) on a single physical terminal. Each virtual
     terminal emulates a DEC VT100 plus several ANSI X3.64 and ISO 2022
     functions.

     `less' is a paginator similar to `more' and `pg' but with various features
     (such as the ability to scroll backwards) that most pagers lack.

   * `time' 1.3, `tput' 1.0, and Termcap 1.0

     `time' is used to report statistics (usually from a shell) about the
     amount of user, system, and real time used by a process.

     `tput' is a portable way to allow shell scripts to use special terminal
     capabilities.  It uses the `termcap' database, rather than the usual
     `terminfo'.

     The GNU Termcap library is a drop-in replacement for `libtermcap.a' on any
     system.  It does not place an arbitrary limit on the size of `termcap'
     entries, unlike most other `termcap' libraries. Included is extensive
     documentation in Texinfo format.

   * MandelSpawn 0.06, GNU Chess 3.1, NetHack 3.0, and GnuGo 1.1

     MandelSpawn is a parallel Mandelbrot program for the MIT X Window System.
     GNU Chess has text and X display interfaces.  NetHack is a
     display-oriented adventure game similar to Rogue.  GnuGo plays the game of
     Go (Wei-Chi); it is not yet very sophisticated.

   * `texi2roff' 2.0, Texinfo 2.14, and `make' 3.62

     `texi2roff' and Texinfo are the same as the ones on the Emacs tape.
     `make' is the same as the one on the Languages tape.



Contents of the Experimental Tape
---------------------------------

This tape includes software that is currently in beta test and is available for
people who are feeling adventurous.  Some of the software already has released
versions on the distribution tapes.  This tape is being offered for a limited
time; as the programs become stable, they will replace older versions on other
tapes.  Please send bug reports to the appropriate addresses (listed on the
tape in the notes for each program).

   * GCC 2.1

     New features in GCC Version 2 include instruction scheduling, loop
     unrolling, filling of delay slots, leaf function optimization, optimized
     multiplication by constants, and a certain amount of common subexpression
     elimination (CSE) between basic blocks.  (Not all of the supported machine
     descriptions provide for scheduling or delay slots.) Function-wide CSE has
     been written, but needs to be cleaned up before it can be installed.
     Position-independent code is supported on the 88000 and SPARC, and soon
     perhaps on the 680x0.

     GCC 2 can also open-code most arithmetic on 64-bit values (type `long long
     int').  It can generate code for most of the same machines as Version 1,
     plus the IBM PC/RT, the IBM RS/6000, the Motorola 88000, the Acorn RISC
     machine, the AMD 29000 and the HP-PA (700 or 800).  Ports for the IBM 370,
     the Intel 960, and the NCUBE are on their way.  Version 2 can generate
     `a.out', COFF, Elf, and OSF/Rose files when used with a suitable
     assembler.  GCC 2 can produce debugging information in several formats:
     BSD stabs, COFF, ECOFF, ECOFF with stabs symbols, and Dwarf.

     Not all of the Version 1 machine descriptions have been updated yet; some
     do not work, and others need work to take full advantage of instruction
     scheduling and delay slots.  The old machine descriptions for the Pyramid,
     Alliant, Tahoe, and Spur (as well as a new port for the Tron) do not work,
     but are still included in the distribution in case you want to work on
     them.

     In GCC 2, using the new configuration scheme, building a cross-compiler is
     as easy as building a compiler for the same target machine.  GCC 2 also
     supports more general calling conventions; it can pass arguments "by
     reference" and can preallocate stack space arguments.  On the SPARC it
     uses the standard conventions for structure arguments, but structure
     return values are still a problem.  With luck, this too will be fixed soon.

     Version 2 of the compiler supports three languages: Objective-C, C++, and
     C; the source file name selects the language.  (The front end support for
     Objective-C was donated by NeXT.)  The runtime support needed to run
     Objective-C programs is mostly working, but not available yet.

     C has been extended to support nested functions, nonlocal gotos, and
     taking the address of a label.

   * GDB 4.5

     GDB 4 contains many new features since 3.5 (the version currently on the
     release tapes).  They include remote debugging over serial lines or
     TCP/IP; watchpoints; more readable output and a simplified command
     interface; support of more binary formats (using BFD); limited debugging
     of C++ (when using GCC 2); preliminary support for Modula-2 debugging (for
     the compiler being developed at the State University of New York at
     Buffalo, others will not work); and the ability to debug programs and core
     files that use SunOS shared libraries.

     GDB 4 can perform cross-debugging.  To say that GDB 4 *targets* a platform
     means that it can perform native or cross-debugging for it.  To say that
     GDB 4 can *host* a given platform means that it can be built on it, but
     cannot necessarily debug native programs.  GDB 4 can:

        * *target* and *host*: Amiga 3000 (Amix), DECstation 3100 & 5000, HP
          9000/370 (BSD), IBM RS/6000 (AIX), Motorola Delta 88000 (System V),
          NCR 3000 (SVR4), SGI Iris (MIPS running Irix V3 or V4), SONY News
          (NEWSOS 3.x), Sun-3, Sun-4, & Ultracomputer (29K running Sym1).

        * *target*, but not *host*: i960 Nindy & AMD 29000 (COFF or `a.out').

        * *host*, but not *target*: Intel 386 (Mach) & IBM RT/PC.

     In addition, GDB 4 can understand the symbol tables emitted by the
     compilers supplied by most vendors of MIPS-based machines, including DEC.
     (These symbol tables are in a format which essentially nobody else uses.)
     Debugging of G++ remains a problem, and GDB 4 won't work for any version
     of G++ 1 at all.

   * BFD

     The BFD (Binary File Descriptor) Library from Cygnus Software is a set of
     routines to make handling different object file formats more transparent
     to programs using them.  Some GNU software is in the process of being
     converted to use it.  BFD comes with documentation.

   * GNU C Library 1.03

     The library is ANSI C and POSIX.1 compliant and has most of the functions
     specified in POSIX.2 draft 11.2.  It is upward compatible with the 4.4 BSD
     C library and includes many System V functions, plus GNU extensions.

     The C library works on HP 9000 series 300s running 4.3 BSD and Sun-3 or
     Sun-4 systems running SunOS 4.1.  Someone has built it successfully for an
     i860 cross-development environment.  Porting is not hard.

   * libg++ 2.0

     This is the GNU C++ library for GCC Version 2 (see "Contents of Languages
     Tape" for more info regarding libg++).  The latest version tries to
     automatically configure itself, thus working out of the box on many hosts.
      The iostream facility has been improved.

   * GNU Graphics 0.17

     See "Project GNU Status Report" for details.



Contents of the X11 Tapes
-------------------------

The two X11 tapes contain Version 11, Release 5 of the MIT X Window System.
The first FSF tape contains all the core software, documentation, and some
contributed clients.  FSF refers to its first tape as the `required' X tape
since it is necessary for running X or running GNU Emacs under X.  The second,
`optional,' FSF tape contains contributed libraries and other toolkits, the
Andrew software, games, and other programs.



Berkeley Networking 2 Tape
--------------------------

The Berkeley "Net2" release contains the second 4.3 BSD distribution and is
newer than both 4.3BSD-Tahoe and 4.3BSD-Reno.  It includes nearly the entire
BSD software system except for a few utilities, some parts of the kernel, and
some library routines which your own C library is likely to provide.  This
release contains much more software than the older releases, including third
party software like Kerberos and some GNU software (for example, GCC, now the
standard BSD compiler).  Except for kernel sources, the GNU Project has
replacements on other tapes for many of the missing programs.



VMS Emacs and Compiler Tapes
----------------------------

We offer two VMS tapes.  One has just the GNU Emacs editor.  The second
contains the GNU C compiler, Bison (needed to compile GCC), `gas' (needed to
assemble GCC's output), and some library and include files. We are not aware of
a GDB port for VMS.  Both VMS tapes have executables from which you can
bootstrap, since the DEC VMS C compiler has bugs and cannot compile GCC.

Please do not ask us to devote effort to VMS support, because it is peripheral
to the GNU Project.



Free Software for Microcomputers
********************************

We do not provide support for GNU software on microcomputers because it is
peripheral to the GNU Project.  However, we are willing to publish information
about groups who do so.  If you are aware of any such efforts, please send the
details, including postal addresses, archive sites, and mailing lists, to
`[e-mail]' or to the postal address on the front cover.

Please do not ask the Free Software Foundation about this microcomputer
software.  FSF does not maintain it, and has no more information about it.

   * GNU Software not on Apple computers

     In lawsuits, Apple claims the power to stop people from writing any
     program that has a user interface that works even vaguely like the
     Macintosh's.  If Apple triumphs in the courts, it will create for itself a
     new power over the public that will enable it to put an end to free
     software.  So long as Apple continues to try to establish this kind of
     monopoly, we will not provide any support or software for Apple machines.

   * Boston Computer Society

     The BCS has thousands of shareware and free programs for microcomputers,
     including some GNU programs.  Contact them to see what is available for
     your machine:

          Boston Computer Society
          1 Kendall Square, Bldg 1400
          Cambridge, MA  02139
          USA
          Phone: [phone]

   * GNU Software on the Amiga

     Get Amiga ports of many GNU programs via anonymous FTP from:
     `karazm.math.uh.edu' in `/pub/Amiga/Gnu' (USA), `titan.ksc.nasa.gov' in
     `/pub/amiga' (USA), and `ftp.funet.fi' in `/pub/amiga/gnu' (Europe).

     For info on (or offers to help with) the GCC port and related projects,
     ask Leonard Norrgard, `[e-mail]'.  For info on the GNU Emacs
     port, ask Mark D. Henning, `[e-mail]'. Get more info via
     anonymous FTP in `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu/MicrosPorts/Amiga'.

   * GNU Software for Atari TOS and Atari Minix

     You can obtain Atari ports from `atari.archive.umich.edu' using anonymous
     FTP.  Howard Chu, `[e-mail]', maintains the archive.
     Ports are discussed on USENET in `comp.sys.atari.st.tech' &
     `comp.sys.atari.st'.  In order to get this group via e-mail, please ask
     `[e-mail]'.

   * GNU C/C++ 2.1 for OS/2 2.0

     Michael Johnson has completed a new, completely stand-alone port of the
     GNU C/C++ Version 2.1 compiler for OS/2 2.0.  The distribution contains
     C/C++ compilers, the GNU assembler, the BSD C library and an OS/2-specific
     library, and documentation.  It is available via anonymous FTP from
     `hobbes.nmsu.edu' in the directory `/pub/os2/2.0/gnu/gcc21'.

     Send a message to `[e-mail]' to be placed on a
     mailing list for discussion about this system.

   * Linux: a free Unix system for 386 machines

     Linux (named after its author, Linus Torvalds) is a free Unix clone which
     implements a subset of System V and POSIX functionality.  Linux has been
     written from scratch and does not contain any proprietary code in the
     kernel.  A large number of the utilities and libraries are GNU software.
     Linux runs only on 386/486 AT-bus machines, and porting to non-Intel
     architectures is likely to be difficult as the kernel makes extensive use
     of 386 memory management and task primitives.  Linux is freely
     distributable and available via anonymous FTP: `tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux'
     (USA), and `nic.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux' (Europe).

     There is a newsgroup, `comp.os.linux', for discussions about Linux. Ask
     `[e-mail]' regarding the mailing lists.

   * Free 386 BSD

     Experienced hackers may be interested in the alpha test version of a 386
     port of BSD Unix by William F. Jolitz et al.  This kernel is free of AT&T
     code and is freely redistributable.  You can obtain more information from
     `[e-mail]'.  Note that this early version is not reliable,
     and has trouble booting on some systems.

   * DJGPP, the GNU C/C++ compiler for MS-DOS

     D. J. Delorie has ported GCC/G++ to the 386 MS-DOS platform.  The compiler
     and programs it generates run in 32-bit mode with full virtual memory
     support.  DJGPP is available via FTP from `barnacle.erc.clarkson.edu' in
     `/pub/msdos/djgpp'. You can subscribe to a mailing list on DJGPP by
     sending your e-mail address to `[e-mail]'.

   * Demacs, GNU Emacs for MS-DOS

     Manabu Higashida and Hirano Satoshi have released Demacs, a GNU Emacs port
     for 386/486 MS-DOS.  Version 1.2.0 is the first post-beta release. Demacs
     provides several DOS-specific features: support for binary or text file
     translation, "8bit clean" display mode, 80x86 software interrupt calls via
     a `int86' Lisp function, machine-specific features such as function key
     support, file name completion with drive name, child processes
     (`suspend-emacs', and `call-process'). Dired mode works without `ls.exe'.
     Anonymous FTP it from: `wuarchive.wustl.edu' in `/mirrors/msdos/demacs'
     (US), `utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp' in `/GNU/demacs' (Japan),
     `rana.cc.deakin.oz.au' in `/pub/PC/oak/demacs' (Pacific), and
     `ftp.funet.fi' in `/pub/gnu/emacs/demacs' (Europe).

   * Freemacs, an Extensible Editor for MS-DOS

     Russ Nelson, `[e-mail]', has written a small programmable editor
     that is somewhat compatible with GNU Emacs and will run on most MS-DOS
     systems, including 8088 machines.  It is so compatible that Freemacs users
     can use the `GNU Emacs Manual' as a reference for it.

     Anonymous FTP it from `emacs16a.zip' (under `PD1:<MSDOS.FREEMACS>') from
     `wsmr-simtel20.army.mil'; or send $15 (copying fee) to:

          Russ Nelson
          11 Grant St.
          Potsdam, NY  13676
          USA
          Phone: [phone] (Fax: 9201)

     Specify floppy format: `5.25"/360K'; or `3.50"/720K.'

   * GNU Software on MS-DOS

     Russ Nelson has ports for many GNU programs for MS-DOS available on floppy
     disk.  Contact him at the above address for more information.

     In addition, contact `[e-mail]' for
     info on ports of GNU programs to MS-DOS and related mailing lists.  More
     information is in `/pub/gnu/MicrosPorts/MSDOS' and `MSDOS.gcc', obtainable
     via anonymous FTP on `prep.ai.mit.edu'.



Thank GNUs
**********

Thanks to all those mentioned above in "GNUs Flashes", "Project GNU Status
Report", "GNU in Japan", and "GNU Software Available Now".

Thanks to the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Laboratory for
Computer Science at MIT for their invaluable assistance of many kinds.

Thanks to Village Center, Inc., ASCII Corporation, and the Japan Unix Society,
all of Japan, for their continued donations and support, and thanks to the
anonymous GNU users in Japan for their gifts.

Thanks again to the Open Software Foundation for their continued support.

Thanks to the Technical University of Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

Thanks to the University of Massachusetts at Boston (especially Rick Martin) for
allowing Karl Berry and Kathryn Hargreaves to use their computers.

Thanks to Chris Thyberg and Carnegie-Mellon University for supporting Tom Lord.

Thanks to Jim Mochel for his help with MS-DOS.

Thanks to Chet Ramey for his continuing work on improving BASH.

Thanks to Lucid, Inc. for the loan of an X terminal and for their support of
Joe Arceneaux.

Thanks to Carol Botteron for proofreading and other assistance, and to Mieko
and Nobuyuki Hikichi for their invaluable help raising both funds and
consciousness in Japan.

Thanks to Cygnus Support for continuing to improve various programs and
assisting the GNU Project in other ways.

Thanks go out to all those who have either lent or donated machines, including
Hewlett-Packard for two 80486 computers, and six 68030 and four Spectrum
workstations; Brewster Kahle of Thinking Machines Corp. for the Sun-4/110;
Doug Blewett of AT&T Bell Labs for two Convergent Miniframes; CMU's Mach
Project for the Sun-3/60; Intel Corp. for their 386 machine; NeXT for their
workstation; the MIT Media Laboratory for the Hewlett-Packard 68020; SONY Corp.
and Software Research Associates, Inc., both of Tokyo, for three SONY News
workstations; IBM Corp. for an RS/6000 computer; the MIT Laboratory of Computer
Science for the DEC MicroVAX; the Open Software Foundation for the Compaq 386;
Delta Microsystems for an Exabyte tape drive; an anonymous donor for 5 IBM RT
computers; Liant Software Corp. for five VT100s; Jerry Peek for a 386 machine;
NCD Corporation for an X terminal; and Interleaf, Inc., Veronika Caslavsky,
Paul English, Cindy Woolworth, and Lisa Bergen for the loan of a scanner.

Thanks to all those who have contributed ports and extensions, as well as those
who have contributed other source code, documentation, and good bug reports.
Thanks to those who sent money and offered help.  Thanks also to those who
support us by ordering manuals and distribution tapes.

The creation of this bulletin is our way of thanking all who have expressed
interest in what we are doing.



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