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 # Inform 6
 
-This is Inform 6.36, copyright (c) Graham Nelson 1993 - 2022, a compiler for
+This is Inform 6.40, copyright (c) Graham Nelson 1993 - 2022, a compiler for
 interactive fiction (text adventure games).
 
 Release notes, manuals, executables and more are available from