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 *                        <b>The Harbour project</b>
 *
 * <b>************************************************************************</b>
 * <b>*  This file contains information on obtaining, installing, and using  *</b>
 * <b>*  Harbour. Please read it *completely* before asking for help.        *</b>
 * <b>************************************************************************</b>

 * Harbour is a free implementation of an xBase language compiler. It is
 * designed to be source code compatible with the CA-Cl*pper(r) compiler.
 * That means that if you've got some code that would compile using
 * CA-Cl*pper(r) then it should compile under Harbour. The Harbour-Project
 * web page is:
 *
 *              <b>http://harbour-project.org/</b>
 *
 * Status and other information is always available from the web site.
 * There is a Harbour mailing list. Harbour is still at a very early
 * stage of development, so the mailing list is very much a Developers
 * only list, although every body is welcome to join in the discussions.
 *
 * We would like you to join the Harbour development team. If you are
 * interested you may suscribe to our mailing list and start contributing
 * to this free public project.
 *
 * Please feel free to report all questions, ideas, suggestions, fixes,
 * code, etc. you may need and want. With the help of all of you, the Harbour
 * compiler and runtime libraries will become a reality very soon.
 *
 * <b>What this distribution contains</b>
 * ===============================
 *
 * This distribution is a Source code only distribution. It does not contain
 * any executable files. Executable versions of Harbour are available from
 * the web site. Executable versions of Harbour DO NOT create runable
 * programs. Harbour at the moment produces C output code, which must be
 * compiled with the Harbour Virtual Machine and the support libraries
 * in order to create a functioning program.
 * Please test running Harbour against your CA-Cl*pper source code and report
 * any problems that might occur.
 *
 * Very important: The preprocessor functionality is now working.
 *
 * <b>Installation</b>
 * ------------
 *
 * 1. Unzip with Harbour zip file using pkunzip or equivalent.
 *
 *         E.G. pkunzip -d build72.zip
 *
 *    This will create Harbour/ directory and all the relevant sub
 *    directories.
 *
 * 2. Compile Harbour using your C compiler. Make files for different
 *    platforms are included in the <WHERE ARE THEY?> directory.
 *
 * <b>--- COPYRIGHT ---</b>
 *
 * What copyright information do we have
 *
 * <b>--- LICENCE ---</b>
 *
 * Information about the License for usage of Harbour is available in the
 * file licence.txt (when we have a license)
 *
 * <b>--- DISCLAIMER ---</b>
 *
 * Participants of The Harbour Project assume no responsibility for errors or
 * omissions in these materials.
 *
 * <b>THESE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
 * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.</b>
 *
 * Participants of The Harbour Project further do not warrant the accuracy or
 * completeness of the code, information, text, output or any other items
 * contained within these materials. Participants of The Harbour Project
 * shall not be liable for any special, direct, indirect, incidental, or
 * consequential damages, including without limitation, lost revenues or
 * lost profits, which may result from the use or mis-use of these materials.
 *
 * The information in The Harbour Project is subject to change without notice
 * and does not represent any future commitment by the participants of The
 * Harbour Project.
 *
 * The Harbour Project
 *
 *  $SEEALSO$
 *     License
 *  $END$
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