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   Copyright 1996, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   
   This file is part of the GNU MP Library.
   
   The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your
   option) any later version.
   
   The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
   or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
   License for more details.
   
   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
   along with the GNU MP Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
   02111-1307, USA.
   
   
   
   
 This directory contains all code for the mpn layer of GMP.  This directory contains all code for the mpn layer of GMP.
   
 Most subdirectories contain machine-dependent code, written in assembly or  Most subdirectories contain machine-dependent code, written in assembly or C.
 C.  The `generic' subdirectory contains default code, used when there is no  The `generic' subdirectory contains default code, used when there is no
 machine-dependent replacement for a particular machine.  machine-dependent replacement for a particular machine.
   
 There is one subdirectory for each architecture.  Note that e.g., 32-bit  There is one subdirectory for each ISA family.  Note that e.g., 32-bit SPARC
 sparc and 64-bit sparc cannot share any code, and are therefore considered  and 64-bit SPARC are very different ISA's, and thus cannot share any code.
 completely different architecture.  
   
 A particular machine will only use code from one such subdirectory, and the  A particular compile will only use code from one subdirectory, and the
 `generic' subdirectory.  The architecture-specific subdirectory contains a  `generic' subdirectory.  The ISA-specific subdirectories contain hierachies of
 hierachy of directories for various architecture variants and  directories for various architecture variants and implementations; the
 implementations; the top-most level contains code that runs correctly on all  top-most level contains code that runs correctly on all variants.
 variants.  
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