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diff --git a/etc/tasks.texi b/etc/tasks.texi index be7bb8029cf..2192f8796a6 100644 --- a/etc/tasks.texi +++ b/etc/tasks.texi @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ @setfilename tasks.info @settitle GNU Task List @c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES! -@set lastupdate 19 March 1997 +@set lastupdate 24 April 1997 @c %**end of header @setchapternewpage off @@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ alternatives that will be patent-free in late 1997. It cannot support IDEA, but can use triple-DES and some other alternatives. @item -A program to convert compiled programs represented in OSF ANDF -(``Architecture Neutral Distribution Format'') into ANSI C. +Free software for doing secure commercial transactions on the web. +This too needs public key encryption. @item An imitation of Page Maker or Ventura Publisher. @@ -360,6 +360,10 @@ More scientific mathematical subroutines. Statistical tools. @item +A scientific data collection and processing tool, +perhaps something like Scientific Workbench and/or Khoros, + +@item Software to replace card catalogues in libraries. @item @@ -373,6 +377,12 @@ statistics). A translator from Scheme to C. @item +A fast emulator for the i386 which works by translating +machine instructions into the machine language of the host machine. +(Support for emulation of other machines would enhance the program +but might make it much more difficult.) + +@item Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well as character codes. Work is being done on this, but more help is needed. @@ -388,10 +398,6 @@ A pen based interface. @item CAD software, such as a vague imitation of Autocad. - -@item -Software for comparing DNA sequences, and finding matches and -alignments. @end itemize @node Compilers |