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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<herd>no-herd</herd>
+<maintainer>
+  <email>vapier@gentoo.org</email>
+  <name>Mike Frysinger</name>
+</maintainer>
+<longdescription>
+ Critical Mass Modula-3 5.1 (CM3) is the latest release of the Modula-3 compiler 
+produced by Critical Mass, which contains considerable enhancements to the 
+compiler, run-time system, and core libraries, which have not been publicly 
+available so far. The changes made by Critical Mass, Inc. since their CM3 4.1 
+release include:
+
+    * Modula-3 modules loadable at runtime
+    * <*IMPLICIT*> exceptions (changes language semantics)
+    * checked runtime errors are mapped to the implicit exception RuntimeError.E
+    * garbage collector failures are also mapped to implicit exceptions
+    * COM-compatible object layout (for WIN32)
+    * Unicode support: WIDECHAR, Text, Text8, Text16, Unicode interfaces
+    * extended ASSERT pragma:
+      <*ASSERT condition [ ("," | WITH) msg ] *>>
+    * new DEBUG pragma:
+      <*DEBUG condition [ ("," | WITH) msg {, msg} ] *>
+      <*DEBUG [ msg {, msg } ] *>
+    * 64 bit support for 64 bit machines
+
+There have been many more changes, and the 4.1 release also contained lots of 
+improvements compared to the SRC release, for example support for DLL generation 
+on Win32, much easier configuration procedure, binary installation (and 
+installer), reorganization and speedup of the builder etc.
+
+For the first free release of CM3, Elego Software Solutions has added the 
+following changes:
+
+    * new gcc backend based on gcc 2.95.2
+    * updated/added runtime support for platforms FreeBSD2, FreeBSD3, FreeBSD4, 
+LINUXLIBC6, and SOLgnu
+    * minimal binary installation packages for Win32, Linux, FreeBSD, and SOLgnu
+    * scripts for m3 package handling, system booting, installation, and 
+distribution archive creation
+</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>