libGiST: Generalized Search Tree C++ Library

This directory contains the 0.9beta1 release of the GiST C++ Library.

We have a WWW home page located at:
	http://s2k-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu:8000/gist
Please refer to it for updates on source code, documentation, etc.

libGiST is not public domain software.  It is copyrighted by the
University of California but may be used according to the licensing
terms of the the copyright below:

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Copyright (c) 1996 Regents of the University of California

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