CREDITS

The program was originally written by

Lars Pensj|, April 1989 (lars@cd.chalmers.se (no longer valid)).

Lars gives the following credit:

  The regexp package was made by Henry Spencer.

  The ed package was not done by me. See the file ed.c for information.

  Bit manipulations was implemented by pell AT lysator DOT liu DOT se who also found
  several bugs that had eluded me for months.

  Valuable help and hints from: Mark Nagel, James Seidman, Moonchilde and more.

  Roland Dunkerley III fixed for-loops, do-while and the operators ++ and --.

  Sean T Barrett made smalloc DOT c.

  Lennart Augustsson convinced me to implement a compiler for a virtual
  stack machine DOT  He also implemented the built-in preprocessor.

  John S DOT  Price found and fixed many bugs.

  The shadow idea was "forwarded" to me by John S DOT  Price from Team Cthulhu
  (Bill Burdick, Roy Riggs, Mitch Adler).

  Michael Malone, Michael O'Reilly, Klaus Rennecke, J|rn Rennecke and
  Germano Caronni found and fixed a large amount of bugs.

  Petri Wessman fixed changes for SCO unix and AIX.

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Joern Rennecke ( amylaar AT cs DOT tu-berlin DOT de ) gives this credit:

  The non-corrupting indentation code for ed was written by Felix A DOT  Croes,
  aka Dworkin (<felix AT dworkin DOT nl>) and originates from his DGD.

  Mud-sprintf() is from Lynscar (Sean A Reith, <gusar AT uniwa DOT oz DOT au> and
  was donated into the Public Domain.

  The alist based mapping implementation was supplied by Dworkin.

  The idea for query_actions and an implementation that has been partially used
  is from Peter Eriksson (aka lpd) pen AT lysator DOT liu DOT se

  The port to Amiga was done by Mateese ( Lars Duening )

  The udp connectivity is from the CD driver, and was fitted in by deepthought.

  Demos, Freaky, Hurl, Hyp, Mateese, Pepel and Jof did a lot of alpha
  testing.

  Reimer Behrends located a lot of bugs DOT  He also supplied a portable macro to
  test numbers for having but a single bit set, a mergesort based
  sort_array() and variadic function support.

  get_object_actions() was supplied by herp.

  Marcus Meissner found and fixed many bugs.

  Carl White, Mark (ec179 AT city DOT ac DOT uk), Archimedes (Robert Fuller), Eric Blade,
  Mitchell Brandsma, Sam Bobroff, Jim Cogbill, Ben Fennema,
  Sorva (Ed Zielinski), Loke AT Wonderland (Solem), Claus S DOT  Jensen, Nils Magnus,
  samo AT MorgenGrauen, Frobozz (Bryan Schuler), Sique AT Nightfall, APJ,
  Deathknight, Tero Jyri Michael Pelander (tpeland AT utu DOT fi),
  Willem van der Oord (willem AT marble DOT dcr DOT net), Hate AT MorgenGrauen,
  Bob Farmer, Randor AT EoP, Trevor Phillips, Robert M DOT  Zigweid, Inspiral,
  Brian Gerst, Rasmus H DOT  Hansen, Demodian (John Kurtz), William J DOT  Burton,
  Patrick Li, Niilo Paasivirta, Frank Stolze, Penelope AT Avalon,
  Nathan AT Unholy Lands, mubo AT SiliconDream, Sunblood AT Tubmud, Alfe AT Tubmud,
  Tatu Saloranta, Chameloid AT Tubmud and Martin Brenner (deepthought) reported bugs.

  Foslay did the OS/2 port.

  Ray Gilbert originally did the MSDOS port, which was modified later by
  Rasmus Hellbug Hansen.

  Marcus Meissner contributed regreplace().

  Slider AT Tubmud supplied GnuWin32 patches.

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Lars Duening thanks:

 - Dana Durkee and the magnificient Wessex for enhancing my life.
 - the citizens of One Step Beyond, PK-Mud and UNItopia for enduring my
     driver experiments.
 - Malcom Tester (malcom DOT tester AT comcast DOT net) for providing me with access to a Solaris system for testing.
 - Elric (elric AT lpmud DOT com) for providing me with access to
     a FreeBSD system for testing.
 - Blackcat (?) for providing me with access to a Linux system for testing.
 - Freaky for providing me with access to an Irix system for testing, numerous
     bug reports, and lots of patience when new versions crashed even faster
     than the old ones.
 - Kees Leune for providing me with access to a Linux/Sparc system for
     testing.
 - Stefan Petri and contributors for the extensive documentation of the
     Amylaar driver (see also doc/README).
 - the MudOS programmers for the efun terminal_colour() and Michael Schaefer
     for adapting it for LDMud.
 - Martin Brenner: initial multi-port implementation, inetd compatibility
     code.
 - Brian Gerst (bgerst AT quark DOT vpplus DOT com) for the xerq daemon.
 - Reinhard Pfau (Reinhard DOT Pfau AT unix-ag DOT org, Mubo@SiliconDream) brought the autoconf mechanism up to date.
 - Ron Koerner (ron DOT koerner AT gmx DOT de, Righ@FinalFrontier) provided the
     initial implementation of inline closures modelled after MudOS' syntax.
 - Uwe (uwe AT 6bone DOT informatik DOT uni-leipzig DOT de) provided the basic IPv6 support.
 - Mark Daniel Reidel (Karm AT Nightfall) did the first implementation of
     the mySQL efuns.
 - Dennis VanHoey (devanhoe AT usol DOT com) did the compiling and testing for the
     Darwin port.
 - Bart van Driessche (bart AT multi DOT franken DOT de, Hunter@FinalFrontier) did the
     new OS/2 port.
 - Menaures added the tab character conversion to the editor, and gleefully
     found new ways to crash the driver.
 - Adam Helps donated the LPC implementation of the A* pathfinding algorithm.
 - Christian Welzel adapted ptmalloc (a threadsafe variant of Doug Lea's
     allocator) for LDMud and extended it to support garbage collection.
 - for bug reports, critics, fixes, patches and other support:
     Adam Helps (ahelps AT cs DOT byu DOT edu, acius AT simud DOT org)
     Alex AT TubMud (at16 AT st-andrews DOT ac DOT uk)
     Alexander Fetke (alfebtcd AT cs DOT tu-berlin DOT de, Alfe@Tubmud)
     Alexander Dobrinescu (ad AT artifacts DOT de, Lev@FinalFrontier)
     Anders Strandloev Elkjaer (ase AT cs DOT auc DOT dk)
     Andre Meiske (guandalug AT magellan DOT tat DOT physik DOT uni-tuebingen DOT de)
     Andreas Grammlich (andreas DOT grammlich AT prepress DOT de, Gum@Wunderland)
     Andre Grosse (ag17 AT irz DOT inf DOT tu-dresden DOT de, Patryn@Morgengrauen)
     Andreas Fischer (andreas DOT fischer AT physik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de)
     Andreas Klauer (menaures AT metamorpher DOT de, Menaures@Unitopia)
     Andreas Weller (aw6 AT informatik DOT uni-ulm DOT de, Zwirch@Carledon)
     Andres Cvitkovich (ac AT twig DOT mond DOT at, ac AT zwerg DOT at, Woody@Silberland)
     Andrew Weisz (elarke01 AT snet DOT net)
     Andy Zeneski (jaz AT zsolv DOT com)
     Arne  AT  Elridion
     Athanasia Steele (azurite AT mail1 DOT nai DOT net)
     Baba AT Avalon
     Bastian Hoyer (hoyer AT wisc DOT de, dafire AT dafire DOT de)
     Ben Fennema (bfennema AT ix DOT netcom DOT com)
     Bertram Felgenhauer (bf3 AT irz DOT inf DOT uni-dresden DOT de, Fuchur@Wunderland)
     Bill Andrulonis (bill DOT andrulonis AT citrix DOT com, Bofin@Realmsmud)
     Billy Pembroke (wpem AT comcast DOT net)
     Blackcat AT PK-Mud (amuelle1 AT htwm DOT de)
     Brandon (pothole AT darkspyre DOT quad DOT net)
     Brandon Mathis (brandon DOT mathis AT medsolutions DOT com)
     Bruce Mitchell (mitchell AT manly DOT delconet DOT com, Klahn@Manly Mud)
     Carlo von Loesch (cvl AT symlynX DOT com, lynx AT high DOT impact DOT pages DOT de)
     Carsten Pluntke (su0289 AT studserver DOT uni-dortmund DOT de, Vejar@ForgottenDreams)
     Casey Zacek (eotl AT bogleg DOT org, zippo@eotl)
     Chris Bender (chris DOT bender AT attbi DOT com)
     Christian "Leonidas" Becker (cbecker AT informatik DOT hu-berlin DOT de)
     Christian Fiedler (fido2 AT gmx DOT net)
     Christian Kirschbaum (chrissy AT cs DOT tu-berlin DOT de, Chameloid@Tubmud)
     Christian Mudra (c_mudra AT informatik DOT uni-kl DOT de, Coogan@Tubmud)
     Christian Welzel (gawain AT wh9 DOT tu-dresden DOT de, Sir_Gawain AT camlann DOT de,
        Gawain AT Regenbogen)
     Craig Venz (Craig Venz AT citrix DOT com, Kilan@Realmsmud)
     croft AT UNItopia DOT de
     Collin Baillie (sanac AT optushome DOT com DOT au)
     Dale "Elric" Perkins (dale_perkins AT mac DOT com, dale AT lpmud DOT com)
     Daniel von Dincklage (daniel AT ozet DOT de, Sunblade@SiliconDream),
     Daniel Fischer (dfischer AT gmx DOT de, Dan@Gueldenland)
     Daniel Sloan (sloand AT alphalink DOT com DOT au)
     Daryth Kendrickson (stavros AT deadofnight DOT com)
     David Gibbs (ishara AT btinternet DOT com)
     David 'Greyelk' Gibby (oop_apprentice AT yahoo DOT com)
     Dennis VanHoey (dvanhoe AT usol DOT com)
     Derek Baron (dbaron_ks AT hotmail DOT com)
     Dominik Zanettin (zhan AT opossum DOT htu DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at, Zhan@Beutelland)
     Edward S DOT  Marshall (esm AT logic DOT net)
     Enrico Bauermeister (ebauermeister AT t-online DOT de, Enrico@FinalFrontier)
     Eivind (ekj AT ekj DOT vestdata DOT no)
     Erik Meusel (emeusel AT prinz-atm DOT CS DOT Uni-Magdeburg DOT De)
     Fantom (Fantom AT Tharsis-Gate DOT org)
     Fini Jastrow (Fiona AT Wunderland, ujastrow AT mail DOT desy DOT de)
     Florian Heinz (ctx AT amail DOT dereference DOT de)
     Frank Kirschner (freaky AT unitopia DOT de)
     Frank Stolze (fstolze AT iName DOT com)
     Frank Syse (syseworks AT mac DOT com)
     Gerhard Schmidt (estartu AT augusta DOT de)
     Gimli AT Unitopa (gimli AT schlumpf DOT net)
     "Gnomi" (gnomi AT UNItopia DOT de)
     Gunnar Kreitz (gunnark AT chello DOT se)
     Heiko Kopp (hkopp AT informatik DOT uni-rostock DOT de, bardioc AT bardioc DOT com,
       Bardioc@Evermore)
     Henk Stokhorst (Tha AT wxs DOT nl)
     Holger Kremss (jur94ewp AT studserv DOT uni-leipzig DOT de, Holger AT web DOT de,
       Holger@Wunderland)
     Jaroslaw Sitek (aron AT bobas DOT nowytarg DOT pl)
     Jason Hitt (jhitt25 AT swbell DOT net)
     Joern Rennecke (amylaar AT cygnus DOT co DOT uk)
     Jose Manuel Roman (roman AT wol DOT es, Theuzifan uzi AT simauria DOT upv DOT es)
     Joseph Graham (randalar AT earthlink DOT net)
     Josh Rollyson (jrollyson AT sosdg DOT org)
     Juanjo Montiel
     Juergen Weickert (Sissi@UNItopia)
     Karl N DOT  Matthias (karmat AT matthias DOT org)
     Kathrin Paschen (paschen AT ira DOT uka DOT de)
     Kees Leune (c DOT j DOT leune AT kub DOT nl)
     Kent Chilson (kentiepoo AT hotmail DOT com)
     Kirnan AT Avalon
     Krystal-Anne Rubenstein (punkette AT hotmail DOT com)
     Kirnan AT Avalon
     Largo AT Wunderland (emeusel AT csmd DOT cs DOT uni-magdeburg DOT de)
     Lasse Fuglsang Pedersen (volmer AT qeep DOT dk, Zordiac@DeeperTrouble2)
     Lee Salzman (lee DOT salzman AT lvdi DOT net)
     Logic (logic AT logic DOT net)
     "Mammi" (mammi AT unitopia DOT de)
     Manu Mäki (mtmaki AT pultti DOT turkuai DOT fi, Cendor@Winterkill)
     Mark Daniel Reidel (Karm AT Nightfall,
       reidelm AT rbg DOT informatik DOT tu-darmstadt DOT de)
     Markus Peter (warp AT spin DOT de, warp AT hip DOT spin DOT de)
     Martin (mandragon AT morgengrauen)
     Mat AT Maethos
     Mats Carlberg (matca AT lysator DOT liu DOT se)
     Matthew Julius (julius DOT 2 AT wright DOT edu)
     Michael Fedrowitz (mfedrowi AT ix DOT urz DOT uni-heidelberg DOT de,
       Michael_Fedrowiz AT gmx DOT net, Rhodry@ForgottenDreams)
     Michael Sporn (sporn AT mathematik DOT hu-berlin DOT de, sunblood@Tubmud)
     Mike Conley (mpc AT sgi DOT net, Tamarindo@Sovereign)
     mudder AT Furtual DOT ORG
     "Nathan AT Unholy Lands" (mud AT pc181 DOT iaee DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at)
     Neil McBride (neil AT castinian DOT org)
     Nepomuck AT UNItopia
     Nick Derewianka (nickd AT e-media DOT com DOT au)
     Nico Ehemann (n DOT ehemann AT wzl DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
     Niels Boehm (bohmmrwc AT minet DOT uni-jena DOT de, Mariko@Regenbogen)
     Nuutti Kotivuori (naked AT iki DOT fi)
     Oskar Linde (d98-oli AT nada DOT kth DOT se)
     Parsec
     Patrick May (patrick DOT may AT cedelgroup DOT com)
     Paul Apgar (tiresius AT usa DOT net, tiresius@Cosmos)
     Philipp Hancke (fippo AT goodadvice DOT pages DOT de)
     Rainer Doerntge (rainer DOT doerntge AT dlh DOT de)
     Rajko Albrecht (ral AT alwins-word DOT de, Alwin@Avalon)
     Ralph (ralphi AT vkr DOT k-net DOT dk)
     Ralph Zitz (RZ AT zitz DOT dk, Nostradamus AT OSB)
     Reimer Behrends (Macbeth AT Tubmud)
     Reinhard Pfau (reinhard AT netlab1 DOT hrz DOT uni-siegen DOT de, mubo@SiliconDream),
     Reinhard Vicinus (vicinus AT rhrk DOT uni-kl DOT de, Risky@Unitopia)
     "Remsgost" (remsgost AT blitzstrahl, radm AT remsnet DOT de)
     Robb Townsend (meecham AT infonline DOT net)
     Robert Forshaw (postmaster AT rbf DOT org DOT uk)
     Robert Reither (mud AT klein DOT htu DOT tuwien DOT ac DOT at, Nathan AT Unholy DOT Lands)
     Robert Treml (robert AT des DOT glaubst DOT net)
     Rodney Quaye (sark AT oberon DOT krans DOT com)
     Ron Dawson (rondawson AT syd DOT eastlink DOT ca, rdawson AT cgc DOT ns DOT ca, Caper AT PixieMud)
     Sebastian Huss (huss AT informatik DOT hu-berlin DOT de, baba AT avalon)
     Shinarae Lluminus AT Batmud (shinarae_lluminus AT hotmail DOT com)
     Slava "DieHARD" Ignatjev (root AT impar DOT com, slava AT intersfera DOT lt)
     Sieni (sampsa AT netsonic DOT fi)
     Simon Fischer (firebat AT redcrown DOT de)
     Stefan Budweiser (Stefan DOT Budweiser AT compaq DOT com)
     Stefan Riemer (stefan DOT riemer AT bauing DOT uni-weimar DOT de, Peng@FinalFrontier)
     Stephan Lichtenhagen (stephan AT lichtenhagen DOT de, Tiamak@Morgengrauen)
     Steve Goucher (su2996 AT eclipse DOT co DOT uk)
     Steve Willoughby (steve AT alchemy DOT com, Ragnarok)
     Tatu P DOT  Saloranta (doomdark AT cc DOT hut DOT fi)
     Terry Penn (terry AT simaril DOT net)
     TheFinn (thefinn AT ar DOT com DOT au)
     Thomas Feldmeier (tfeldmei AT student DOT informatik DOT uni-ulm DOT de, Zora AT Carledon, zora AT alpha DOT universalware DOT de)
     Thorsten Klose (Thorsten DOT Klose AT infineon DOT com, Avatar@avalon)
     Tiberian@Unitopia
     Tmm@UNItopia? (Tmm AT gmx DOT de)
     Tobias Josefowitz (tobij AT goodadvice DOT pages DOT de)
     Tomas (Vandergnome AT aol DOT com)
     Tomi Valkeinen (tomi DOT valkeinen AT taikatech DOT com, Tomba@Batmud)
     Tucita@UNItopia
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     Volker Behr (Sorcerer@AbendDaemmerung, vrbehr AT cip DOT physik DOT uni-wuerzburg DOT de)
     Wayne Woods (w DOT woods AT optusnet DOT com DOT au)
     Willem van der Oort (willem AT dcr DOT net)
     Wolf Dieter Dallinger (Pulami AT Unitopia, wolf DOT dieter AT dallinger DOT de)
     Xtian@Avalon
     Zonk AT FinalFrontier (zonk AT finalfrontier DOT mud DOT de, rueschi AT berit-broese DOT de)
     The Wizards of Evermore

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Bertram Felgenhauer, Alexander Motzkau and Dominik Schaefer thank:

     - Heiko Kopp (hkopp AT informatik DOT uni-rostock DOT de, bardioc AT bardioc DOT com, Bardioc@Evermore)
       for the XML implementation using iksemel and libxml2 (donated in 2008/2009)
     - Philipp Hancke (fippo AT goodadvice DOT pages DOT de)
       for the JSON support package