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author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Mon, 08 Feb 1999 18:03:22 +0000
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1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- 1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
2 @c %**start of header 2 @c %**start of header
3 @setfilename tasks.info 3 @setfilename tasks.info
4 @settitle GNU Task List 4 @settitle GNU Task List
5 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file: 5 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
6 @set lastupdate February 1, 1999 6 @set lastupdate February 2, 1999
7 @c %**end of header 7 @c %**end of header
8 8
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10 10
11 @titlepage 11 @titlepage
609 There is a free (unambiguously public domain) database of nutritional 609 There is a free (unambiguously public domain) database of nutritional
610 information compiled by the USDA at 610 information compiled by the USDA at
611 @url{http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp}. 611 @url{http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp}.
612 612
613 @item 613 @item
614 A fast emulator for the i386 which works by translating 614 A fast emulator for the i386, which would make it possible
615 machine instructions into the machine language of the host machine. 615 to emulate x86 code on other CPUs, and also to more easily
616 (Support for emulation of other machines would enhance the program 616 debug kernels such as Linux more conveniently.
617 but might make it much more difficult.) 617
618 To make this faster, it could work by translating machine instructions
619 into the machine language of the host machine.
618 620
619 @item 621 @item
620 Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for 622 Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for
621 scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well 623 scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well
622 as character codes. Work is being done on this, but more help is needed. 624 as character codes. Work is being done on this, but more help is needed.