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1.1     ! maekawa     1:
        !             2:               Announcement of the Pari-2.0.BETA release
        !             3:
        !             4: This message is to announce the beta release of version 2.0 of the
        !             5: PARI/GP system.
        !             6:
        !             7: For those who do not yet know, PARI/GP is a package which is aimed at
        !             8: efficient computations in number theory, but also contains a large number
        !             9: of other useful functions. It is somewhat related to a Computer Algebra
        !            10: System, but is not really one since it treats symbolic expressions as
        !            11: mathematical entities such as polynomials, series, matrices, etc..., and
        !            12: not as expressions per se. However it is often much faster than other
        !            13: CAS, and contains a huge number of specific functions not found
        !            14: elsewhere, essentially for use in number theory.
        !            15:
        !            16: In addition this package is free. It can be used in an interactive shell (GP)
        !            17: or as a C/C++ library (PARI). The source code (including documentation) can
        !            18: be found at
        !            19:
        !            20:   ftp://megrez.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari/pari.tar.gz
        !            21:
        !            22: It should compile on most UNIX systems. In any case, we provide GP binaries
        !            23: for some major architectures/operating systems, including various brands of
        !            24: UNIXes, DOS, OS/2, Windows 3.1, Windows 95/NT both native (if you have to)
        !            25: and using Cygnus user tools (preferred), 680x0 and PowerPC Macintosh (*)...
        !            26: They can be found in the subdirectories of
        !            27:
        !            28:   ftp://megrez.math.u-bordeaux.fr/pub/pari
        !            29:
        !            30: If you have more questions about PARI, you can visit
        !            31:
        !            32:   http://pari.home.ml.org
        !            33:
        !            34: or email us at
        !            35:
        !            36:   pari@math.u-bordeaux.fr
        !            37:
        !            38:     Enjoy!
        !            39:
        !            40: (*) This is not quite true at the time of this writing (pari-dev release).
        !            41: This will hopefully be completed before the official release.
        !            42: ========================================================================
        !            43:
        !            44: From the README file:
        !            45:
        !            46: The `beta' status means that a substantial amount of testing has been done,
        !            47: but bugs might still be lurking in the code and the documentation might not
        !            48: be absolutely accurate. Apart from this word of caution, we believe this
        !            49: version is stable enough to be released for public use and for site-wide
        !            50: installations.