| Predates sal - string functions, url manipulation, stream stuff, | |
| polygons, etc. | |
| Exact history is lost before Sept. 18th, 2000, but old source code | |
| comments show that part of the tools library dates back until at least | |
| April 1991. | |
| This directory will be removed in the near future (see fdo#39445 or | |
| fdo#63154). |