<s>
LifeLines	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
open-source	B-Application
genealogy	B-Application
software	I-Application
tool	O
to	O
assist	O
family	O
history	O
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LifeLines	B-Language
primary	O
strengths	O
are	O
its	O
powerful	O
scripting	O
language	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
easily	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
information	O
in	O
the	O
GEDCOM	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
open-source	B-Application
genealogy	B-Application
program	I-Application
for	O
Unix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lifelines	B-Language
scripting	O
language	O
is	O
now	O
supported	O
by	O
several	O
other	O
open-source	B-Application
programs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lifelines	B-Language
version	O
1.0	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Tom	O
Wetmore	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
and	O
winter	O
of	O
1990/91	O
for	O
his	O
private	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lifelines	B-Language
version	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
23	O
September	O
1992	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lifelines	B-Language
version	O
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
12	O
October	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lifelines	B-Language
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
volunteers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LifeLines	B-Language
uses	O
a	O
text-based	O
curses	B-Device
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
couple	O
of	O
experimental	O
GUI	B-Application
interfaces	O
were	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
but	O
lacked	O
the	O
stability	O
and	O
core	O
functionality	O
to	O
make	O
them	O
suitable	O
for	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
