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+## Purpose
+
+This project follows Ou Changkun's book [Modern C++ Tutorial: C++11/14/17/20 On the Fly](https://github.com/changkun/modern-cpp-tutorial).
+
+## Building
+
+Use the included `bootstrap.sh`, `build.sh` and `test.sh` scripts.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+See `.nix/flake.nix` for all required tools.