Merge latest code from suleman1971

[sonec]

Hi @mpentler

I just noticed you raise issue #12 so I though I'd give it a try.

It includes all changes as of Jan 4, 2021. It looks to be that many of the conflicts were due to lines with translated comments that were subsequently moved.

It compiles on my local machine (gcc version 9.3.0) and it seems to run fine. I haven't tried the new features that were introduced though.

I've also re-added the debian files as there were changes in them too, I've kept the original author's details in the contact details. Not sure whose details to use in all honesty.

I've also incremented the version number to 1.0.3 hope that's okay.

[mpentler]

Oh wow! Thanks for doing this, it’s hugely appreciated. Version bump seems entirely appropriate.

Translated comments make this much harder to manage, but I think it hugely adds understanding to the codebase. Wonder if there’s a better way to manage it?

I’ll look at this in the upcoming week.

[mpentler]

PS: I don’t know what to do about author/contact details either :)

[mpentler]

I realise this is still open, and I haven’t forgotten about it!

[mpentler]

@sonec is there any chance you want to take over this repo for me? I don’t even do distributed computing anymore to be honest.