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Break a + string into a series of tokens, from John Bandela.</li> + <li><a href="libs/math/special_functions/index.html">Special functions</a>, + <a href="libs/math/octonion/index.html">octonions</a>, + <a href="libs/math/quaternion/index.html">quaternions</a> added, + from Hubert Holin. + <li><a href="libs/smart_ptr/smart_ptr.htm">Smart Pointer Library</a>: + shared_ptr polymorphic pointers now work on more broken compilers.</li> + <li><a href="status/cs-aix.html">IBM/Aix</a> Compiler status table contributed + by Toon Knapen</li> + <li>Minor fixes to a number of other libraries.</li> +</ul> +<p>May 25, 2001 - Version 1.22.0 +<ul> + <li><a href="libs/crc/index.html">CRC Library</a> added. 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