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 The rest of the framework functions and class definitions were my own developments, especially the core of MOOSE.
 Trust I've spent hours and hours investigating, trying and writing and documenting code building this framework.
-Hope you think the idea is great and useful.
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+Hope you think the idea is great and useful.