use vectors instead of fixed length arrays in CoinMessageHandler? (to fix ticket #32 -- same as changeset 776 in trunk)

fixed CoinAssert and CoinAssertHint not being defined when COIN_ASSERT and NDEBUG are both set (ticket #27)

Backport of changeset 734 from trunk : Fix to allow CoinError to build under MSVC++ with -DCOIN_ASSERT (ticket #26)

Backport of changeset 733 from trunk : Adding method to return elapsed time from a timer (ticket #25)

Backport of changesets 729 from trunk : Added CoinError default constructor to avoid MSV8 compile time error

escape me and are not worth chasing, the test for glp_mpl_initialize in
configure.ac must be performed using C, not C++.

fixed which matrix to get the number of rows from. must get it from passed in matrix as the internal data is not yet initialized

changed externals in stable to point at stable in other projects; reran autotools for BuildTools ticket #26