# README

## WELCOME TO GAMBAS!

GAMBAS is a free implementation of a graphical development environment (IDE) 
based on a BASIC interpreter and a full development platform. It is heavily
inspired by Microsoft Visual Basic and Java.

Go to [http://gambas.sourceforge.net] to get more information: how to compile 
and install it, where to find binary packages, how to report a bug...

Go to [http://gambaswiki.org] for the language documentation.

The following pieces of code were borrowed and adapted:

- The natural string comparison algorithm was adapted from the algorithm 
  made by Martin Pol. See [http://sourceforge.net/projects/natsort/] for more 
  details.
  
- The hash table implementation was adapted from the 'glib' one.

- The HTML entities parsing in 'gb.gtk' comes from 'KHTML' sources.

- The gb.image.effect sources are adapted from 'KDE 3' image effect routines.

- The gb.clipper library embeds the Clipper library. See
  [http://www.angusj.com/delphi/clipper.php] for mode details.

- The function that computes the Easter day of a specific year uses an
  algorithm made by Aloysius Lilius And Christophorus Clavius.

- The blurring algorithm is based on the 'StackBlur' algorithm made by Mario Klingemann.
  See [http://incubator.quasimondo.com/processing/fast_blur_deluxe.php] for more details.

If I forget some borrowed code in the list above, just tell me.

Enjoy Gambas!

Benoît.
