/ 
// SONS: A program for pairwise comparison of sequence libraries.
// Version 1.0, released on March 1, 2005
// Copyright (C) 2006 Patrick D. Schloss 
//
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
//
// This distribution contains the following files.
//
//   COPYING --- the GNU General Public Licence
//   makefile --- file useful for easy compilation of the software
//   README --- this file
//   sons-1.0.C --- the source code
//
// INSTALLATION
//
// Linux users with GNU gcc can compile the program by typing:
//
//   g++ sons-1.0.C -O4 -o sons
//
// at the prompt.  Others may need to edit the makefile.
//
// RUNNING THE PROGRAM
//
//	See the detailed manual on the SONS website
//
// VERSION HISTORY
//
// Version 1.0
//	Released by Patrick D. Schloss on 7/24/2006