/****   Copyright (c) 2000, 2001  Alexandros V. Gerbessiotis
 ****
 ****   Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software,
 ****   and to incorporate it, in whole or in part, into other software,
 ****   is hereby granted without fee, provided that
 ****     (1) the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
 ****         all copies of the source code, and the above copyright notice
 ****         appear in clearly visible form on all supporting documentation
 ****         and distribution media, and
 ****     (2) any redistribution of the software, in original
 ****         or modified form, be without fee and subject to
 ****         these same conditions.
 ****   No guarantee, whatsoever, is offered that the code works as
 ****   advertised or is absent of any, even damaging,
 ****   side-effects. Use this code at your own personal risk.
 ****/
