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 # bin
 
+> "After 50+ years, the UNIX command line remains very powerful." -- Landon Noll
+>
+> An answer to (Monty)? Pythonesque question of why these tools
+> weren't written in a certain language.  :-)
+
 The [bin directory](index.html) holds tools that build files, such as HTML
 content, for the [official IOCCC website](https://www.ioccc.org).
 
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 <!-- BEFORE: 1st line of markdown file: bin/README.md -->
 <h1 id="bin">bin</h1>
+<blockquote>
+<p>“After 50+ years, the UNIX command line remains very powerful.” – Landon Noll</p>
+<p>An answer to (Monty)? Pythonesque question of why these tools
+weren’t written in a certain language. :-)</p>
+</blockquote>
 <p>The <a href="index.html">bin directory</a> holds tools that build files, such as HTML
 content, for the <a href="https://www.ioccc.org">official IOCCC website</a>.</p>
 <p>For HTML content, the <a href="index.html">bin directory</a> tools make use of HTML