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+# My Solutions to the Rustlings Course!
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+Working directly with concepts and code has historically been a really good for me to learn.  This
+repo serves to document my progress through Rustlings.
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 # rustlings 🦀❤️
 
 Greetings and welcome to `rustlings`. This project contains small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code. This includes reading and responding to compiler messages!