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+z is the new j
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+First, there was [j](http://github.com/rupa/j/).
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+Then, there was [j2](http://github.com/rupa/j2/), with some python added. Made
+it easier to experiment with some stuff I'd been thinking about.
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+Now there's this, where I rewrote j2 back in bash. I like it. Sorry about all the repos
+, but it kind of grew this way.
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