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FreeFEM is an implementation of the GFEM language dedicated to the finite element method. It provid

New in 3.5.8
* update freefem to support g++ up to 4.1
* Debian support is not externalized and provided by pkg-scicomp.alioth.debian.org

New in 3.5.7
* get rid of warning and compilation errors with g++-3.2
* get rid of warning with automake/autoconf
* updated debian packaging

New in 3.5.6
* added Mini/Maxi text for contour plots
* minor changes

New in 3.5.5
* fix the Makefile.cvs for autoconf 2.13 and 2.50
* fixes in savefct() and loadfct(): C io -> C++ iostream
* ported to gcc version 3.0: resolved namespace issues

New in 3.5.4
* added documentation for the gfem language(TeX format+PDF+HTML)
* fix debian packaging: Build-Depends 
* fixes for ia64 port (from James Stroup)
* freefem can be compiled on many architecture: ix86, sparc, mips hppa, powerpc (all debian arch
  actually). It has been compiled by Debian autobuilder on all the Debian arch (except ia64 but it
  is fixed with this release)

New in 3.5.3
* fix debian packaging
* ported to automake 1.5 autoconf >> 2.50
* various compilation fixes
* added API for the library using doxygen

New in 3.5.2
* Fixed seg fault when quitting freefem
* new packaging system for debian
* spec files for redhat created
* cleanup of the library
* renamed all files and put everything in  namespace fem::
* added reference manual 

New in 3.4.1
* Maintenance version
* Debian package creation


New in 3.4
* Added an Emacs major mode for gfem: supports syntax highlighting and indentation
  it is derived from the c-mode.
* Added a contrib directory: related stuff with gfem
* corrected bugs in mesh adaptation: problems with boundary references
* Now you can do domain decomposition :-)) see documentation (from the mesh
   point of view) 
* added operations for complex numbers: cos, sin and pow
* minor changes and bug fixes as always

New in 3.3
* New directory structure and new way to compile the code
   Now we use:
   autoconf and automake
* New flags for configure:
   --with-adapt: to compile the adaptation library and link it with freefem
   --with-gfem: to compile freefem with gfem support (note that in this case
   --with-adapt in enabled)