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+Thrift Code Compiler
+
+License
+=======
+
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+
+Thrift Code Compiler
+====================
+
+This compiler takes thrift files as input and generates output code across
+various programming languages. To build and install it, do this:
+
+  ./bootstrap.sh
+  ./configure
+  make
+  sudo make install
+
+It requires some form of LEX and YACC to be installed, which should be
+picked up by autoconf.
+
+Not much else to report here. You'll have to look at the code to get your
+questions answered. Or just run the executable after you build and take
+a look at the usage message.