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+#+Title: README for Haskell for the Working Programmer
+#+Author: Yann Esposito
+
+* Haskell for the Working Programmer
+
+This repository contains many resources associated with the book Haskell for the
+Working Programmer.
+
+- a project template that can be used by stack
+- the =part1= contains most examples that are self contained haskell scripts
+- the =part2= contains all example projects
diff --git a/part1/hello_name.hs b/part1/hello_name.hs
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+#!/usr/bin/env stack
+{- stack script
+    --resolver lts-11.6
+    --install-ghc
+    --package protolude
+-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+ import Protolude
+
+ main = do
+   putText "What is your name?"
+   name <- getLine
+   putText ("Hello " <> name <> "!")
diff --git a/part1/hello_world.hs b/part1/hello_world.hs
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+#!/usr/bin/env stack
+{- stack script
+    --resolver lts-11.6
+    --install-ghc
+    --package protolude
+-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NoImplicitPrelude #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+ import Protolude
+
+ main = putText "Hello, world!"