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* version 0.52
	* Compiler has been rewritten and deliver code which is more
          efficient
	* New command 'compile-file' to	compile a stklos file to byte-codes
	* Complete rewriting of GTklos (support of GTK+ in STklos)
	  - the rewriting is still incomplete and needs some work
	  - support of the Canvas widget (nearly completely finished)
	  - more general event management
	* All the demos have been rewritten
	* Better error reporting 
	* Errors can now be browsed with Emacs next-error previous-error
	* Added support for SRFI-2
	* Added support for SRFI-4
	* Added support for SRFI-8
	* Added support for SRFI-9
	* Added support for SRFI-22
	* new option: "--no-init-file"
	* Added bitwise operations on bignums
	* Virtual slots can now have an initial value
	* New primitives: KEY-DELETE!, KEY-DELETE, PROGRAM-NAME, 
	  PORT-FILE-NAME, FULL-CURRENT-TIME, SECONDS->DATE
	* Added the Bigloo MATCH-CASE and MATCH-LAMBDA 
	* New form PARSE-ARGUMENTS to simplify argument parsing
	* Better support of dynamic loading.
	* Minimal support of LDAP. 
	* Support of active-slots (as in old STk)
	* PCRE package used is now 3.7
	* GC package used is now 6.0
	* More documentation
	* There are now man pages for stklos and utilities
	* Many small improvements
	* Bug corrections
	* ...

* Version 0.51
	* Added R5RS hygienic macros
	* Added compatibility with the Aubrey Jaffer's SLIB
	* New port on Alpha/Linux
	* Added SRFI 0
	* Added SRFI 1
	* Some parts of the VM have been rewritten to integrate full CALL/CC 
	  (not yet finished)
	* New primitives: CURRENT-TIME, RUNNING-OS, FIND-PATH, CALL/EC,
	  LOAD-PATH, SET-LOAD-PATH!, LOAD-SUFFIXES and SET-LOAD-SUFFIXES!
	* Exact reals can be read now (e.g #e3.14 => 157/50)
	* New demo: edit.stk
	* Bug corrections 

* Version 0.50 (released on 2001-01-17)

	* First public release
