Merge branch 'binary_IO' into 'master'

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src/Makefile

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src/cluster/cluster.cpp

src/cluster/np_cluster.cpp

src/include/Configuration.h

src/include/List.h

src/include/Parsers.h

src/include/TransitionMatrix.h

src/include/file_io.h

src/include/sph_subs.h

src/include/tra_subs.h

src/libnptm/Commons.cpp

src/libnptm/Configuration.cpp

src/libnptm/Parsers.cpp