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+# WELCOME TO GAMBAS!
+
+GAMBAS is a free implementation of a graphical development environment 
+based on a BASIC interpreter and a full development platform. It is very 
+inspired by Visual Basic and Java.
+
+Go to [http://gambas.sourceforge.net] to get more information: how to compile 
+and install it, where to find binary packages, how to report a bug...
+
+Go to [http://gambaswiki.org] for the language documentation.
+
+The following pieces of code were borrowed and adapted:
+
+- The natural string comparison algorithme was adapted from the algorithm 
+  made by Martin Pol. See http://sourcefrog.net/projects/natsort/ for more 
+  details.
+
+- The hash table implementation was adapted from the glib one.
+
+- The HTML entities parsing in gb.gtk comes from KHTML sources.
+
+- The gb.image.effect sources are adapted from KDE 3 image effect routines.
+
+- The blur image algorithm was adapted from the StackBlur javascript 
+  routine from http://www.quasimondo.com/StackBlurForCanvas.
+
+- The gb.clipper library embeds the Clipper library. See
+  http://www.angusj.com/delphi/clipper.php for mode details.
+
+- The function that computes the easter day of a specific year uses an
+  algorithm made by Aloysius Lilius And Christophorus Clavius.
+
+If I forget some borrowed code in the list above, just tell me.
+
+Enjoy Gambas!
+
+Benoît.
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