General: This directory contains the programs given in the text of B.M.E. Moret and H.D. Shapiro, "Algorithms from P to NP, Vol. I: Design and Efficiency", Benjamin-Cummings, 1991. (It also contains a file, called "errata", with the current list of errata for the first and second printings.) You are authorized to use this software for teaching and research purposes (but not for commercial purposes), provided that you acknowledge its origin. While the authors have carefully tested this software and believe it to be free of errors, they make no assertion of correctness, nor any claim of merchantability or warranty; you use the software at your own risk. Details: Files are compressed (name.Z), so be sure to use binary mode for ftp transfer and be sure to uncompress them after transfer. As there are many programs, we chose to package them by chapter, using tar, rather than use individual files. More specifically, the uncompressed files were produced by "tar cf - . > chapter?" from an appropriately configured directory; thus a "tar xf chapter?" will extract the files from the tar file and place them in the directory in which the command is issued. Each tar file includes the program files plus a README file for the chapter, which is a guide to the various program files. Whenever a program was shown in the text with omissions (such as repeated code sections or subroutines), the same program is given here unless otherwise noted. At this time, programs included are limited to those appearing in the text (whether as "Programs" or as unnumbered code fragments in the text or in the exercises). We wrote a large number of other programs while working on the text and are planning to make these available as well, in the near future. The README file included in each chapter file will indicate what, if anything, is included that goes beyond the programs of the text.