autoconf/configure

[Ted Irons <ironst aries tucson saic com>]

Is there a difference between the autoconf
and configure (or config) packages?

I pulled down autoconf from prep.ai.mit.edu,
but it had no documentation.

Is there a tutorial somewhere to get one
started with configure? 
I thought I saw a tutorial for this on the
gnome home page, but no longer see it.

Thanks in advance,
Ted