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 Quad [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/mbutterick/quad.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/mbutterick/quad)
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-A document processor — in the tradition of PUB, troff, Scribe, and TeX — written in [Racket](http://racket-lang.org). 
+A document processor written in [Racket](http://racket-lang.org). 
 
 In “documented demo” mode.