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+Thrift Code Compiler
+
+Author: Mark Slee (mcslee@facebook.com)
+Last Modified: 2007-Mar-06
+
+Thrift is distributed under the Thrift open source software license.
+Please see the included LICENSE file.
+
+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.