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 This file records noteworthy changes.
 
-0.6.0 (...)
+0.6.1 (18 May 2000)
+* Cleanup in the interface to Cint.  The required version is now Cint 5.14.38.
+* Several bugfixes in target install.
+
+0.6.0 (11 May 2000)
 * IMPORTANT: Several interface changes make programs written with GiNaC 
   much clearer but break compatibility with older versions:
   - f(x).series(x,p[,o]) -> f(x).series(x==p,o)
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 * #include'ing ginac.h defines the preprocessor symbols GINACLIB_MAJOR_VERSION,
   GINACLIB_MINOR_VERSION, and GINACLIB_MICRO_VERSION with the respective GiNaC
   library version numbers.
+* Expressions can be constructed from strings like this:
+    ex e("2*x+y", lst(x, y));
+* ex::to_rational() provides a way to extend the domain of functions like
+  gcd() and divide() that only work on polynomials or rational functions (the
+  good old ex::subs() method reverses this process)
+* Calling diff() on a function that has no derivative defined returns the
+  inert derivative function "Derivative".
 * Several new timings in the check target.  Some of them may be rather rude 
-  at your machine.
+  at your machine, feel free to interrupt them.
 
 0.5.4 (15 March 2000)
 * Some algorithms in class matrix (notably determinant) were replaced by