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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
+# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
+# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
+# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
+
+ |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
+nqp: nqp (Not Quite Perl)
+nqp:
+nqp: This is "Not Quite Perl" -- a lightweight Perl 6-like environment
+nqp: for virtual machines. The key feature of NQP is that it's
+nqp: designed to be a very small environment (as compared with, say, perl6
+nqp: or Rakudo) and is focused on being a high-level way to create
+nqp: compilers and libraries for virtual machines (such as the Parrot
+nqp: Virtual Machine). Unlike a full-fledged implementation of Perl 6,
+nqp: NQP strives to have as small a runtime footprint as it can, while
+nqp: still providing a Perl 6 object model and regular expression engine
+nqp: for the virtual machine.