Perfect Hash Function Generator - Contributors to GNU gperf Utility

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# Contributors to GNU `gperf` Utility

- The GNU `gperf` perfect hash function generator utility was originally written in GNU C++ by Douglas C. Schmidt. It is now also available in a highly-portable "old-style" C version. The general idea for the perfect hash function generator was inspired by Keith Bostic's algorithm written in C, and distributed to net.sources around 1984. The current program is a heavily modified, enhanced, and extended implementation of Keith's basic idea, created at the University of California, Irvine. Bugs, patches, and suggestions should be reported to both `<bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org>` and `<gperf-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net>`.
- Special thanks is extended to Michael Tiemann and Doug Lea, for providing a useful compiler, and for giving me a forum to exhibit my creation. In addition, Adam de Boor and Nels Olson provided many tips and insights that greatly helped improve the quality and functionality of `gperf`.
- A testsuite was added by Bruno Haible. He also rewrote the output routines for better reliability.

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