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+# for Racket
+compiled/
+
+# for pollen
+pollen-cache/
+*.html
+
+
+# for Mac OS X
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+Icon
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear on external disk
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
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