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+# Haskell solutions for Advent of Code 2024
+
+My solutions to [Advent of Code 2024](https://adventofcode.com/2024)
+
+## Building and running
+
+The programs expect input from stdin. The easiest way to compile and run the programs are as follows:
+
+```sh
+ghc -dynamic silver.hs
+./silver <test.txt
+
+ghc -dynamic gold.hs
+./gold <test.txt
+```