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 Bison News
 ----------
 
-Changes in version 1.49c:
+Changes in version 1.75a:
 
+* Bison can no longer be built by a K&R C compiler; it requires C89 or
+  later to be built.  This change originally took place a few versions
+  ago, but nobody noticed until we recently asked someone to try
+  building Bison with a K&R C compiler.
 
-Changes in version 1.49b, 2002-08-12:
+Changes in version 1.75:
+
+* Bison should now work on 64-bit hosts.
+
+* Indonesian translation thanks to Tedi Heriyanto.
+
+* GLR parsers
+  Fix spurious parse errors.
+
+* Pure parsers
+  Some people redefine yyerror to steal yyparse' private variables.
+  Reenable this trick until an official feature replaces it.
+
+* Type Clashes
+  In agreement with POSIX and with other Yaccs, leaving a default
+  action is valid when $$ is untyped, and $1 typed:
+
+       untyped: ... typed;
+
+  but the converse remains an error:
+
+       typed: ... untyped;
+
+* Values of mid-rule actions
+  The following code:
+
+       foo: { ... } { $$ = $1; } ...
+
+  was incorrectly rejected: $1 is defined in the second mid-rule
+  action, and is equal to the $$ of the first mid-rule action.
+
+Changes in version 1.50, 2002-10-04:
 
 * GLR parsing
   The declaration
@@ -14,27 +49,30 @@ Changes in version 1.49b, 2002-08-12:
   %dprec and %merge on grammar rules allow parse-time resolution of
   ambiguities.  Contributed by Paul Hilfinger.
 
+  Unfortunately Bison 1.50 does not work properly on 64-bit hosts
+  like the Alpha, so please stick to 32-bit hosts for now.
+
 * Output Directory
   When not in Yacc compatibility mode, when the output file was not
-  specified, runnning `bison foo/bar.y' created `foo/bar.c'.  It
+  specified, running `bison foo/bar.y' created `foo/bar.c'.  It
   now creates `bar.c'.
 
 * Undefined token
   The undefined token was systematically mapped to 2 which prevented
-  the use of 2 from the user.  This is no longer the case.
+  the use of 2 by the user.  This is no longer the case.
 
 * Unknown token numbers
-  If yylex returned a code out of range, yyparse could die.  This is
+  If yylex returned an out of range value, yyparse could die.  This is
   no longer the case.
 
 * Error token
-  According to POSIX, the error token should be numbered as 256.
+  According to POSIX, the error token must be 256.
   Bison extends this requirement by making it a preference: *if* the
   user specified that one of her tokens is numbered 256, then error
   will be mapped onto another number.
 
 * Verbose error messages
-  They no longer report `..., expecting error or...' for state where
+  They no longer report `..., expecting error or...' for states where
   error recovery is possible.
 
 * End token
@@ -110,12 +148,12 @@ Changes in version 1.49b, 2002-08-12:
   Croatian, thanks to Denis Lackovic.
 
 * Incorrect token definitions
-  When fed with `%token 'a' "A"', Bison used to output `#define 'a' 65'.
+  When given `%token 'a' "A"', Bison used to output `#define 'a' 65'.
 
 * Token definitions as enums
   Tokens are output both as the traditional #define's, and, provided
   the compiler supports ANSI C or is a C++ compiler, as enums.
-  This helps debuggers producing symbols instead of values.
+  This lets debuggers display names instead of integers.
 
 * Reports
   In addition to --verbose, bison supports --report=THINGS, which
@@ -155,7 +193,6 @@ Changes in version 1.35, 2002-03-25:
 
   This kludge also addresses some C++ problems when the stack was
   extended.
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 Changes in version 1.34, 2002-03-12: