Welcome to gpc-19990118, the fifth and next-to-last beta version on the way from GNU Pascal version 2.0 to 2.1! With "beta" we mean that some things are subject to change before the next "official" release. This beta compiler is _more_ stable than the last official release, gpc-2.0, whose use we discourage. (For the really experimental stuff, see `../alpha/'.;-) In this directory you can find the source distribution of gpc-19990118 as a `.tar.gz' file. The subdirectory `binary' constains binary distributions for various platforms. See `INSTALL' in this directory for installation intructions. `ANNOUNCE' contains the announcement for this beta release which appeared on the GPC mailing list and in various Usenet Newsgroups. The subdirectory `libs' contains some free supplement C libraries that are needed when you intend to use some of GPC's standard units. (See `ANNOUNCE' for details.) Do not forget to visit our WWW page: http://home.pages.de/~GNU-Pascal/