Contributors to GNU `gperf' Utility
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   * The GNU `gperf' perfect hash function generator utility was
     originally written in GNU C++ by Douglas C. Schmidt.  It is now
     also available in a highly-portable "old-style" C version.  The
     general idea for the perfect hash function generator was inspired
     by Keith Bostic's algorithm written in C, and distributed to
     `net.sources' around 1984.  The current program is a heavily
     modified, enhanced, and extended implementation of Keith's basic
     idea, created at the University of California, Irvine.  Bugs,
     patches, and suggestions should be reported to
     `schmidt@ics.uci.edu'.

   * Special thanks is extended to Michael Tiemann and Doug Lea, for
     providing a useful compiler, and for giving me a forum to exhibit
     my creation.

     In addition, Adam de Boor and Nels Olson provided many tips and
     insights that greatly helped improve the quality and functionality
     of `gperf'.