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                            ***  PICT  ***
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                  A concurrent programming language
                      based on the pi-calculus

                          Benjamin C. Pierce
                                 and
                           David N. Turner


      Copyright (C) 1994-1997  Benjamin Pierce and David Turner


This directory contains the sources for the Pict compiler, the runtime
system, built-in libraries, support tools, and documentation.  

  * Instructions for downloading Pict can be found in the file ANNOUNCE.
  * To install Pict, see the file INSTALL.
  * To read about Pict, see the papers in the Doc subdirectory.
  * Sample programs are in the Examples directory.  


This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.

This program 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
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program (as the file COPYING in the main directory of
the distribution); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

