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 SWIG (Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator)
 
+:::: NOTE ::::  There is a also CVS branch "mkoeppe-1-3-a5-patches"
+		starting from release 1.3a5, where the Guile,
+MzScheme, and Java modules are being improved.  The changes need to be
+merged in before version 1.3a6 is released.
+
 Version 1.3 Alpha 6 (Work in progress)
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 02/03/01: beazley