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 # elmman
-Just me learning Elm!  I'll try to keep the [demo](https://bobjohnbob.github.io/elmman/) updated.
+I wanted to learn a functional programming language.  Elm seemed to have a strong following and I like Redux (which was heavily based off of the Elm architecture) so I started this project to learn Elm.
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+Here is the [demo](https://bobjohnbob.github.io/elmman/).  I will try to keep it updated as I make more progress.