[inseparable changes from match from perl-5.003_93 to perl-5.003_94]

 BUILD PROCESS

Subject: Don't use db 2.x, we're not yet ready for it
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: Configure

Subject: Warn if #! command is longer than 32 chars
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: Configure

Subject: patches re perl -wc install{perl,man}
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 97 13:13:16 GMT
From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
Files: installman installperl

    I got the new installhtml from CPAN
    (TOMC/scripts/pod2html-v2.0beta.shar.gz)
    
    I had problems getting the system call to splitpod at line 376 to work.
    
    1. splitroot was not being found
    2. splitroot was not finding its library
    3. I changed htmlroot to podroot at line 175 to match the documentation.
    
    p5p-msgid: 3180.9703270906@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk
    private-msgid: 21544.9703111313@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk

Subject: 3_93 doesn't install pods
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 02:21:35 -0500
From: Spider Boardman <spider@orb.nashua.nh.us>
Files: installperl
Msg-ID: 199703160721.CAA08339@Orb.Nashua.NH.US

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 43506a616735d616e03d277d64fbae1e864024bf)

Subject: When installing, use File::Copy instead of `cp`
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: installperl

Subject: Make hint files' warnings more visible
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:18:03 +0100 (MET)
From: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Files: hints/3b1.sh hints/apollo.sh hints/cxux.sh hints/dcosx.sh hints/dgux.sh hints/esix4.sh hints/freebsd.sh hints/hpux.sh hints/irix_4.sh hints/mips.sh hints/next_3_0.sh hints/os2.sh hints/qnx.sh hints/sco_2_3_3.sh hints/sco_2_3_4.sh hints/solaris_2.sh hints/ultrix_4.sh hints/utekv.sh

    private-msgid: 199703202218.XAA09041@bombur2.uio.no

 CORE LANGUAGE CHANGES

Subject: Defer creation of array and hash elements as parameters
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: dump.c global.sym mg.c op.c op.h perl.h pp.c pp_hot.c proto.h sv.c

Subject: New special literal: __PACKAGE__
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: keywords.pl pod/perldata.pod toke.c

Subject: Abort compilation at C<BEGIN{}> or C<use> after errors
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod t/pragma/subs.t

Subject: allow C<substr 'hello', -10>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:55:44 -0800
From: David Dyck <dcd@tc.fluke.com>
Files: pp.c
Msg-ID: 97Mar10.155517pst.35716-2@gateway.fluke.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 77f720bf92f3d0100352416caeedd57936807ff2)

Subject: Regularize C<x % y>, esp. when y is negative
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c

Subject: Flush before C<flock(FOO, LOCK_UN)>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pp_sys.c

Subject: Close loopholes in prototype mismatch warning
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c sv.c toke.c

Subject: Warn on C<while ($x = each %y) {}>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c pod/perldiag.pod

Subject: Don't warn on C<print $fh func()>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

 CORE PORTABILITY

Subject: Don't say 'static var = 1'
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 15:19:57 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Files: malloc.c

    private-msgid: 199703091319.PAA24714@alpha.hut.fi

Subject: HP/UX hint comments
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 15:43:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Andy Dougherty <doughera@fractal.phys.lafayette.edu>
Files: hints/hpux.sh

    private-msgid: Pine.SOL.3.95q.970321153918.28770B-100000@fractal.lafayette.

Subject: VMS update
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:00:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm lib/Test/Harness.pm t/op/taint.t utils/perlbug.PL vms/descrip.mms
Msg-ID: 1997Mar11.220056.1873182@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2b5725676da60b49978f38b85bb7f8ee20b4cb55)

Subject: vmsish.t and related patches
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 01:32:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: MANIFEST perl.h vms/descrip.mms vms/ext/vmsish.t vms/vms.c

    private-msgid: 01IGQW3IP1KK005VFB@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

Subject: Win32 update (four patches)
From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@engin.umich.edu>
Files: MANIFEST README.win32 lib/AutoSplit.pm lib/Cwd.pm lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_OS2.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm lib/ExtUtils/MM_Win32.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm lib/File/Basename.pm lib/File/Path.pm mg.c t/comp/cpp.t t/comp/script.t t/harness t/io/argv.t t/io/dup.t t/io/fs.t t/io/inplace.t t/lib/filehand.t t/lib/io_dup.t t/lib/io_sel.t t/lib/io_taint.t t/op/closure.t t/op/exec.t t/op/glob.t t/op/goto.t t/op/magic.t t/op/misc.t t/op/rand.t t/op/split.t t/op/stat.t t/op/sysio.t t/op/taint.t t/pragma/strict.t t/pragma/subs.t t/pragma/warning.t util.c win32/*

 DOCUMENTATION

Subject: perlfaq.pod
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 16:01:40 -0700
From: Tom Christiansen <tchrist@jhereg.perl.com>
Files: MANIFEST pod/Makefile pod/buildtoc pod/perl.pod pod/perlfaq*.pod pod/roffitall

    private-msgid: 199703172301.QAA12566@jhereg.perl.com

Subject: *.pod changes based on the FAQ
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 09:50:14 -0700 (MST)
From: Nat Torkington <gnat@frii.com>
Files: pod/perldata.pod pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlipc.pod pod/perlop.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perlrun.pod pod/perlsec.pod pod/perlvar.pod
Msg-ID: 199703171650.JAA02655@elara.frii.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 3c10ad8e31f7d77e71c048b1746912f41cb540f0)

Subject: Document that $. is not reset on implicit open
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod

Subject: Re: Embedding success with _93 
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 17:55:05 -0500
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org>
Files: pod/perldelta.pod
Msg-ID: 199703112255.RAA22775@postman.osf.org

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 63a6ff3a1dc8d86edb4d8a7ec1548205e32a7114)

Subject: Patch to document illegal characters
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 09:08:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod pod/perltrap.pod

    private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970314090558.15346J-100000@kelly.teleport.com

Subject: Document trap with //o and closures
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 18:08:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Charles Bailey <bailey@HMIVAX.HUMGEN.UPENN.EDU>
Files: pod/perltrap.pod
Msg-ID: 01IGCHWRNSEU00661G@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit a54cb1465fdb400848f23705a6f130bb5c34ab70)

Subject: Illegal character in input
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:21:21 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perldiag.pod

    private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.95q.970310151512.22489a-100000@kelly.teleport.com

Subject: Patch for docs Re: Lost backslash
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 07:28:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Phoenix <rootbeer@teleport.com>
Files: pod/perlop.pod

    private-msgid: Pine.GSO.3.96.970319071438.24834G-100000@kelly.teleport.com

Subject: XSUB's doc fix
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:42:06 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
Files: pod/perlcall.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlxstut.pod
Msg-ID: 28804.858012126@eeyore.ibcinc.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 5f43237038ea7a4151d3bf65aeeecd56ceb78a6a)

Subject: Document return from do FILE
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 14:50:10 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod
Msg-ID: E0w70DK-0001yJ-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit ba8d5fb439878113de8abc9b52d2af237d30fb3c)

Subject: Document $^M in perlvar
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 97 21:08:33 GMT
From: Robin Barker <rmb1@cise.npl.co.uk>
Files: pod/perlvar.pod

    private-msgid: 6153.9703202108@tempest.cise.npl.co.uk

Subject: typos in pods of 5.003_93
Date: 19 Mar 1997 10:39:38 -0600
From: Jim Meyering <meyering@asic.sc.ti.com>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod pod/perlguts.pod pod/perlre.pod pod/perltoot.pod pod/perlxs.pod
Msg-ID: wpgendbzvhx.fsf@asic.sc.ti.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 76a9873e006cf8f48f57062b2a0dd40b5ed45a95)

Subject: Re: Updates to pod punctuations
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 17:00:12 -0500
From: Larry W. Virden <lvirden@cas.org>
Files: pod/*.pod

    private-msgid: 9703141700.AA22911@cas.org

Subject: clarify example in perlfunc
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:46:01 +0200 (EET)
From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Files: pod/perlfunc.pod

    private-msgid: 199703201746.TAA25195@alpha.hut.fi

Subject: Regularize headings in DB_File documentation
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm

 LIBRARY AND EXTENSIONS

Subject: New module: autouse.pm
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:34:30 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: MANIFEST lib/autouse.pm
Msg-ID: 199703210034.TAA13469@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 6757905eccb6dd0440ef65e8128a277a20f7d943)

Subject: Refresh DB_File to 1.12
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 97 15:51:14 GMT
From: Paul Marquess <pmarquess@bfsec.bt.co.uk>
Files: ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs
Msg-ID: 9703121551.AA07435@claudius.bfsec.bt.co.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit b3deed9189f963e9994815307931f9084f60d1d9)

Subject: In File::Path, some systems can't remove read-only files
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/File/Path.pm

Subject: Fix bugs revealed by prototype warnings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/Opcode/Opcode.pm lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm lib/Getopt/Long.pm

Subject: Problems with SKIP in makemaker
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 23:13:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>
Files: lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm
Msg-ID: 199703210413.XAA21601@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 970322a2e8024294ada6e8d1a027cb98f1f48ee3)

Subject: In Exporter, don't C<require Carp> at file scope
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/Exporter.pm

Subject: fix for Exporter's $SIG{__WARN__} handler
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 18:40:51 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
Files: lib/Exporter.pm
Msg-ID: 2282.858296451@eeyore.ibcinc.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 2768ea1aeef34f42d096f198fbe629c8374ca429)

Subject: Don't try to substr() refs in Carp
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: lib/Carp.pm

Subject: Re: NUL in die and other messages
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 09:58:17 +0000
From: "M.J.T. Guy" <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>
Files: lib/Carp.pm
Msg-ID: E0w815V-0005xs-00@ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 52a267c574cb66c4bc35601dcf148a1d7a3bc557)

 OTHER CORE CHANGES

Subject: Guard against buffer overflow in yyerror() and related funcs
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: toke.c

Subject: For bin compat, rename calllist() and he_{,delay}free
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: global.sym hv.c op.c perl.c pod/perlguts.pod proto.h

Subject: Fix C<print> on tied default handle
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_hot.c

Subject: Fix C<local($a, undef, $b) = (1,2,3)>
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: op.c

Subject: Improve diagnostic on C<@a++>, C<--%a>, @a =~ s/a/b/
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp.c pp_hot.c

Subject: Don't warn on C<$x{y} .= "z"> when %x is tied
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: pp_hot.c

Subject: Eliminate 'unreachable code' warnings
From: Chip Salzenberg <chip@perl.com>
Files: ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs mg.c pp_ctl.c toke.c

Subject: printf format corrections for -DDEBUGGING
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 12:42:50 -0500
From: Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
Files: doop.c malloc.c op.c pp_ctl.c regexec.c sv.c x2p/str.c x2p/util.c
Msg-ID: 26592.858793370@eeyore.ibcinc.com

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit e125f273e351a19a92b69d6244af55abbbf0a26d)

Subject: Warn about missing -DMULTIPLICITY if likely a problem
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 18:45:53 -0500
From: Doug MacEachern <dougm@opengroup.org>
Files: perl.c
Msg-ID: 199703192345.SAA15070@postman.osf.org

    (applied based on p5p patch as commit 71aeea1753924e6e19c2461e241e3f7d8a570e90)

1 files changed, 275 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36953ec0da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.win32
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you
+see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is
+specially designed to be readable as is.
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+perlwin32 - Perl under WindowsNT [XXX and perhaps under Windows95]
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+These are instructions for building Perl under WindowsNT (versions
+3.51 or 4.0), using Visual C++.
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Before you start, you should glance through the README file found
+found in the top-level directory where the Perl distribution
+was extracted.  Make sure you read and understand the terms under
+which this software is being distributed.
+
+Make sure you read the L<BUGS AND CAVEATS> section below for the
+known limitations of this port.
+
+The INSTALL file in the perl top-level has much information that is
+only relevant to people building Perl on Unix-like systems.  In
+particular, you can safely ignore any information that talks about
+"Configure".
+
+You should probably also read the README.os2 file, which gives a
+different set of rules to build a Perl that will work on Win32
+platforms.  That method will probably enable you to build a more
+Unix-compatible perl, but you will also need to download and use
+various other support software described in that file.
+
+This set of instructions is meant to describe a so-called "native"
+port of Perl to Win32 platforms.  The resulting Perl requires no
+additional software to run (other than what came with your operating
+system).  Currently, this port is only capable of using Microsoft's
+Visual C++ compiler.  The ultimate goal is to support the other major
+compilers that can be used on the platforms.
+
+=head2 Setting Up
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+Use the default "cmd" shell that comes with NT.  In particular, do
+*not* use the 4DOS/NT shell.  The Makefile has commands that are not
+compatible with that shell.
+
+=item *
+
+Run the VCVARS32.BAT file usually found somewhere like C:\MSDEV4.2\BIN.
+This will set your build environment.
+
+=item *
+
+Depending on how you extracted the distribution, you have to make sure
+all the files are writable by you.  The easiest way to make sure of
+this is to execute:
+
+	attrib -R *.* /S
+
+from the perl toplevel directory.  You don't I<have> to do this if you
+used the right tools to extract the files in the standard distribution,
+but it doesn't hurt to do so.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Building and Installation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+The "win32" directory contains *.mak files for use with the NMAKE that
+comes with Visual C++ ver. 4.0 and above.  If you wish to build perl
+using Visual C++ versions between 2.0 and 4.0, do the following three
+additional steps (these three steps are not required if you are
+using Visual C++ versions 4.0 and above):
+
+=over 8
+
+=item 1.
+
+Overwrite the *.mak files in the win32 subdirectory with the versions
+in the win32\VC-2.0 directory.  (The only difference in those makefiles
+is in how the $(INCLUDE) variable is handled--VC 2.0 NMAKE does not
+grok a path list in $(INCLUDE)).
+
+=item 2.
+
+Reset your INCLUDE environment variable to the MSVC include directory.
+For example:
+
+	set INCLUDE=E:\MSVC20\INCLUDE
+
+This must have only one directory (a list of directories will not work).
+VCVARS32.BAT may put multiple locations in there, which is why this step
+is required.
+
+=item 3.
+
+Apply the patch found in win32\VC-2.0\vc2.patch, like so:
+
+	cd win32
+	patch -p2 -N < VC-2.0\vc2.patch
+
+You may have to edit win32\win32.c manually if you don't have GNU patch.
+
+=back
+
+=item * 
+
+Make sure you are in the "win32" subdirectory under the perl toplevel.
+
+=item *
+
+Type "nmake" while in the "win32" subdirectory.  This should build
+everything.  Specifically, it will create perl.exe, perl.dll, and
+perlglob.exe at the perl toplevel, and various other extension dll's
+under the lib\auto directory.  If the make fails for any reason, make
+sure you have done the previous steps correctly.
+
+=item *
+
+Type "nmake install".  This will put the newly built perl and the
+libraries under C:\PERL.  If you want to alter this location, to say,
+D:\FOO\PERL, you will have to say:
+
+	nmake install INST_TOP=D:\FOO\PERL
+
+instead.  To use the Perl you just installed, make sure you set your
+PATH environment variable to C:\PERL\BIN (or D:\FOO\PERL\BIN).
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Testing
+
+Type "nmake test".  This will run most of the tests from the
+testsuite (many tests will be skipped, and some tests will fail).
+Most failures are due to UNIXisms in the standard perl testsuite.
+
+To get a more detailed breakdown of the tests that failed, say:
+
+       cd ..\t
+       .\perl harness
+
+This should produce a summary very similar to the following:
+
+    Failed Test  Status Wstat Total Fail  Failed  List of failed
+    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    io/fs.t                      26   16  61.54%  1-5, 7-11, 16-18, 23-25
+    io/tell.t                    13    1   7.69%  10
+    lib/anydbm.t                 12    1   8.33%  2
+    lib/findbin.t                 1    1 100.00%  1
+    lib/sdbm.t                   12    1   8.33%  2
+    op/mkdir.t                    7    2  28.57%  3, 7
+    op/runlevel.t                 8    1  12.50%  4
+    op/stat.t                    56    3   5.36%  3-4, 20
+    op/taint.t                   98   20  20.41%  1-6, 14, 16, 19-21, 24, 26, 35-3
+    pragma/locale.t              98   40  40.82%  1, 13-14, 21-27, 33, 39, 45-53,
+    Failed 10/149 test scripts, 93.29% okay. 86/3506 subtests failed, 97.55% okay.
+
+Check if any additional tests other than the ones shown here
+failed.  The standard testsuite will ultimately be modified so
+that the testsuite avoids running irrelevant tests on Win32.
+
+=head1 BUGS AND CAVEATS
+
+This is still very much an experimental port, and should be considered
+alpha quality software.  You can expect changes in virtually all of
+these areas: build process, installation structure, supported
+utilities/modules, and supported perl functionality.  Specifically,
+functionality that supports the Win32 environment may be ultimately
+be supported as either core modules or extensions.
+
+Many tests from the standard testsuite either fail or produce different
+results under this port.  Most of the problems fall under one of these
+categories
+
+=over 8
+
+=item *
+
+C<stat()> and C<lstat()> functions may not behave as documented.  They
+may return values that bear no resemblance to those reported on Unix
+platforms, and some fields may be completely bogus.
+
+=item *
+
+The following functions are currently unavailable: C<fork()>, C<exec()>,
+C<dump()>, C<kill()>, C<chown()>, C<link()>, C<symlink()>, C<chroot()>,
+C<setpgrp()>, C<getpgrp()>, C<setpriority()>, C<getpriority()>,
+C<syscall()>, C<fcntl()>, C<flock()>.  This list is possibly incomplete.
+
+=item *
+
+Various C<socket()> related calls are supported, but they may not
+behave as on Unix platforms.
+
+=item *
+
+The four-argument C<select()> call is only supported on sockets.
+
+=item *
+
+The behavior of C<system()> or the C<qx[]> operator (a.k.a. "backticks"),
+when used to call interactive commands, is ill-defined.
+
+=item *
+
+C<$!> doesn't work reliably yet.
+
+=item *
+
+Building modules available on CPAN is mostly supported, but this
+hasn't been tested much yet.  Expect strange problems, and be
+prepared to deal with the consequences.
+
+=item *
+
+C<utime()>, C<times()> and process-related functions may not
+behave as described in the documentation, and some of the
+returned values or effects may be bogus.
+
+=item *
+
+Signal handling may not behave as on Unix platforms.
+
+=item *
+
+File globbing may not behave as on Unix platforms.
+
+=item *
+
+Not all of the utilities that come with the Perl distribution
+are supported yet.
+
+=back
+
+Please send detailed descriptions of any problems and solutions that 
+you may find to <F<perlbug@perl.com>>, along with the output produced
+by C<perl -V>.
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Gary Ng <F<71564.1743@CompuServe.COM>>
+
+=item Gurusamy Sarathy <F<gsar@umich.edu>>
+
+=item Nick Ing-Simmons <F<nick@ni-s.u-net.com>>
+
+=back
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<perl>
+
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+This port was originally contributed by Gary Ng around 5.003_24,
+and borrowed from the Hip Communications port that was available
+at the time.
+
+Nick Ing-Simmons and Gurusamy Sarathy have made numerous and
+sundry hacks since then.
+
+Last updated: 19 March 1997
+
+=cut
+