README
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2 F I S T
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4 by John Walker (http://www.fourmilab.ch/)
5 Version 4.0
6 November 2001
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8The FIST program prints posters consisting of a clenched
9fist with slogans in block letters below. This program
10traces its lineage directly back to a UNIVAC mainframe
11program written in September 1969 by the author when such
12banners were rather more in demand than at present.
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14For information on how to build and install the program, see
15the INSTALL file. Source code for this program is written in
16the CWEB "Literate Programming" language in which C source code
17and TeX internal documentation are maintained in a the *.w
18files. CWEB programming tools may be downloaded from:
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20 http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/cweb.html
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22but you do *not* need to install the CWEB tools to build this
23program; a ready-to-compile C program is included. An annotated
24source code listing is provided in the file fist.pdf, which may
25be read with Acrobat Reader, which is a free download from:
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27 http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html
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29The latest version of this program may be downloaded
30from:
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32 http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/etset/
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34Please report any bugs or documentation errors to:
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36 bugs@fourmilab.ch
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