# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 861943700 0
# Node ID 3e3f18e8d9696de6cff23ac25b2e4ecf86910826
# Parent  c0f8f4264f7a53d161107b6f2eba0d1de2c648a6
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diff -r c0f8f4264f7a -r 3e3f18e8d969 etc/tasks.texi
--- a/etc/tasks.texi	Fri Apr 25 04:47:13 1997 +0000
+++ b/etc/tasks.texi	Fri Apr 25 04:48:20 1997 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename tasks.info
 @settitle GNU Task List
 @c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES!
-@set lastupdate 19 March 1997
+@set lastupdate 24 April 1997
 @c %**end of header
 
 @setchapternewpage off
@@ -308,8 +308,8 @@
 IDEA, but can use triple-DES and some other alternatives.
 
 @item
-A program to convert compiled programs represented in OSF ANDF
-(``Architecture Neutral Distribution Format'') into ANSI C.
+Free software for doing secure commercial transactions on the web.
+This too needs public key encryption.
 
 @item
 An imitation of Page Maker or Ventura Publisher.
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@
 Statistical tools.
 
 @item
+A scientific data collection and processing tool,
+perhaps something like Scientific Workbench and/or Khoros,
+
+@item
 Software to replace card catalogues in libraries.
 
 @item
@@ -373,6 +377,12 @@
 A translator from Scheme to C.
 
 @item
+A fast emulator for the i386 which works by translating
+machine instructions into the machine language of the host machine.
+(Support for emulation of other machines would enhance the program
+but might make it much more difficult.)
+
+@item
 Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for
 scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well
 as character codes.  Work is being done on this, but more help is needed.
@@ -388,10 +398,6 @@
 
 @item
 CAD software, such as a vague imitation of Autocad.
-
-@item
-Software for comparing DNA sequences, and finding matches and
-alignments.
 @end itemize
 
 @node Compilers