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* GBDI Arboretum - Copyright (c) 2002-2004 GBDI-ICMC-USP
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*                           Homepage: http://gbdi.icmc.usp.br/arboretum
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                                               Release 1.0 (03/16/2003)

What is GBDI Arboretum
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GBDI Arboretum is a metric tree library...


Supported Systems
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GBDI Arboretum version 1.0 is available for various systems:
   
   Platform          Compiler          Build scripts     Tested
   --------          --------          -------------     ------
   MS Win32          MingW             Yes               Yes
                     CygWin            Yes               No
                     BCC 5             No                Yes
                     BCB 5             Yes               Yes
                     BCB 6             Yes               No
                     MS VC             No                No
   Linux IA386       GNU GCC           Yes               Yes
   Linux             GNU GCC           Yes               No
   Solaris           GNU GCC           Yes               No


Instalation
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Common Requirements
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All compilers must support C++ and have the Standard C++ Library installed.


GNU GCC - Any platform
----------------------

You may use the Makefile located in the directory "lib/gcc". The resulting
library will be located at "lib/libarboretum.a". This file must be linked
to your application in order to compile it.

   Note: To compile the Windows version, you must use MingW or Cygwin.

BCB 5
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There is a project file in the directory "lib/bcc5". The resulting library
will be located at "lib/arboretum.lib". This file must be linked to your
application in order to compile it.

BCB 6
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There is a project file in the directory "lib/bcc6". The resulting library
will be located at "lib/arboretum.lib". This file must be linked to your
application in order to compile it.


Supported MAMs
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This version contains the implementation of:

   - Sequential Scan (stDummyTree)
   - Slim-Tree (stSlimTree)
   -


Visualization Support
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The visualization support must be enabled during the library and
application compile time by defining the macro "__stMAMVIEW__".
See its documentation for more details about its usage.


Version History
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1.0:
   - First public release.