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+Beginnings of a PDF parser in Hammer
+====================================
+
+ - Currently needs a custom Hammer branch. You'll need to build against this:
+
+   https://gitlab.special-circumstanc.es/pesco/hammer/tree/pdf
+
+ - Build/Usage:
+
+       $ make pdf
+       $ ./pdf test.pdf
+