version 1.999 (prerelease evaluation version); 2006-08-19

  * rewrite by Zefram: based on a newer branch of Shawn Clifford's C
    code; proper Perlish error handling; allow arbitrary byte strings
    (including embedded NULs); new documentation; many test vectors

1.0  Thu Sep 11 11:58:26 2003

  * original version by <mikem@open.com.au>
