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+char *version_string = "@(#)GNU Awk X.Y";
+
+/* 1.02		fixed /= += *= etc to return the new Left Hand Side instead
+		of the Right Hand Side */
+
+/* 1.03		Fixed split() to treat strings of space and tab as FS if
+		the split char is ' '.
+
+		Added -v option to print version number
+ 		
+		Fixed bug that caused rounding when printing large numbers  */
+
+/* 2.00beta	Incorporated the functionality of the "new" awk as described
+		the book (reference not handy).  Extensively tested, but no 
+		doubt still buggy.  Badly needs tuning and cleanup, in
+		particular in memory management which is currently almost
+		non-existent. */
+
+/* 2.01		JF:  Modified to compile under GCC, and fixed a few
+		bugs while I was at it.  I hope I didn't add any more.
+		I modified parse.y to reduce the number of reduce/reduce
+		conflicts.  There are still a few left. */
+
+/* 2.02		Fixed JF's bugs; improved memory management, still needs
+		lots of work. */
+
+/* 2.10		Major grammar rework and lots of bug fixes from David.
+		Major changes for performance enhancements from David.
+		A number of minor bug fixes and new features from Arnold.
+		Changes for MSDOS from Conrad Kwok and Scott Garfinkle.
+		The gawk.texinfo and info files included! */
+
+/* 2.11		Bug fix release to 2.10.  Lots of changes for portability,
+		speed, and configurability.  */
+
+/* 2.12		Lots of changes for portability, speed, and configurability.
+		Several bugs fixed.  POSIX compliance.  Removal of last set
+		of hard-wired limits.  Atari and VMS ports added. */
+
+/* 2.13		Public release of 2.12 */
+
+/* 2.14		Mostly bug fixes. */
+
+/* 2.15		Bug fixes plus intermixing of command-line source and files,
+		GNU long options, ARGIND, ERRNO and Plan 9 style /dev/ files.
+		`delete array'. OS/2 port added. */
+
+/* 3.0		RS as regexp, RT variable, FS = "", fflush builtin, posix
+		regexps, IGNORECASE applies to all comparison, autoconf, source
+		code cleanup. See the NEWS file. */
+
+/* 3.1		PROCINFO array, LINT variable, mktime builtin, BINMODE variable,
+		|&, tcp/ip, i18n stuff.  Automake.  See NEWS. */