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+-----
+
+This is a preliminary version of our PE writer component. It is a managed
+component which presents on the client side an API and constructs program
+executable files.
+
+We have tested this component as an alternative backend for Gardens Point
+Component Pascal .NET. Our previous versions of gpcp produced textual CIL and
+invoked ilasm. The new backend can create a program executable file in almost
+exactly the same length of time as it takes to write the equivalent CIL text
+file.
+
+PEAPI is written in C# and is released as open source under a FreeBSD-like
+licence. Included in this release is pdf documentation and both html and
+chm documentation. The main documentation is written as if it was a new
+Appendix to John Gough's book Compiling for the .NET Common Language Runtime,
+Prentice-Hall 2002.
+
+The current release implements most of the facilities of the API however,
+some final features not required for component pascal have yet to be added.
+We expect to update the component incrementally as additional features are
+added. Currently the component does not produce debugger information (pdb
+files). We are considering possible ways of doing this or alternatively
+producing rotor-format debugging information.
+
+The team has a committment to maintain and update the component into the
+foreseeable future, as several other projects here depend on it. Users are
+encouraged to send feedback on missing features, bug reports etc. to assist
+in this quest.
+
+Update (18th Apr 2005)
+
+Some portions of the code have been taken from PERWAPI (http://www.plas.fit.qut.edu.au/perwapi/Default.aspx), which extends PEAPI. It is developed by Diane Corney.
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