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+Racket solutions & explanations for the [Advent of Code](http://adventofcode.com) puzzles.
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+Install from the command line:
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+    raco pkg install git://github.com/mbutterick/aoc-racket/
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+Explanations will be installed automatically as part of the Scibble documentation.