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This sample program illustrates some fundamental aspects of SOM,
such as the use of inheritance, modules, classes, and metaclasses.
The M_Animal metaclass shows how to use a metaclass to keep track
of object instances.  The metaclasses in this program also illustrate
how constructors can be defined for creating objects.

Run "wmake /f makefile.wmk" to build the sample executable named "animals.exe".

