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@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ as long as caution is taken to avoid a mismatch between the project's stability
 level and the required stability and maintainability of your own project.
 
 Rudiments is designed to be _small_. Its entire source code currently consists
-of 808 lines of code.
+of 809 lines of code.
 
 ## Building