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- BeyondCompare File Comparator Version 2.00 15-Aug-87
- Copyright (C) Stepping Stone Software 1987. All rights reserved.
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- Requirements: PC-DOS / MS-DOS 2.0 or later, 192K RAM available.
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- INTRODUCTION
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- BeyondCompare is a line-by-line file comparator. It compares two text
- files and then shows you the differences. BeyondCompare is particularly
- useful for comparing two source code files or two textual documents.
- BeyondCompare accepts the names of two files as input. Typically, the two
- files are actually different versions of the same file - an old version and
- a new version.
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- In comparing two files, BeyondCompare repeatedly looks for consecutive
- lines of text that are identical in both files (matching sections), and
- then reports the lines between the matching sections as differences. The
- differences are expressed as the changes, insertions, and deletions that
- can be applied to the old version to make it identical to the new version.
- BeyondCompare was designed to produce an excellent report of the
- differences while keeping the execution time to a minimum.
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- The "recursive longest matching sequence" algorithm, which was pioneered by
- BeyondCompare, is described in the September, 1987 issue of Dr. Dobb's
- Journal.
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- SHAREWARE
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- BeyondCompare is NOT a public domain program, it is a ShareWare product.
- If you choose to use BeyondCompare, please send $30 to:
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- Stepping Stone Software
- P.O. Box 2887
- Ann Arbor, MI 48106
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- Once this fee is received by Stepping Stone Software:
- 1) You will receive a BeyondCompare manual.
- 2) You will be registered as a licensee of BeyondCompare.
- 3) You may submit enhancement requests and problem reports to Stepping
- Stone Software.
- 4) You will be notified of product enhancements and upgrades.
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- BeyondCompare is a ShareWare product, and may be distributed from person to
- person, subject to the following restrictions.
- 1) The software must be supplied in its original and unmodified form,
- including this documentation file.
- 2) No fee may be charged.
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- Feel free to give a copy of BeyondCompare to friends and colleagues to try.
- Please remind them that, if they choose to use BeyondCompare, they must
- send a $30 fee to Stepping Stone Software.
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- Thank you for supporting ShareWare!
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- Sincerely,
- Tom Steppe
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