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+# Diceware
+
+A simple tool to generate [diceware](http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html)
+passwords from diceware wordlists.
+
+# Building
+
+To build on a unixy system:
+
+    $ make
+
+and to cross-compile for example on Linux to win32:
+
+    $ make HOST=i686-w64-mingw32
+
+Building on Windows with MinGW:
+
+    > make