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PDF parsing in Racket, my weekend project

PDF parsing in Racket, my weekend project launched on May 13, 2012 with 101 votes, #15 of 435 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.

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PDF parsing in Racket is a library for the Racket programming language that enables users to extract and process data from PDF files. Developed as a weekend project, it is designed for Racket developers who need to work with PDF documents programmatically. The library provides parsing capabilities to read and manipulate PDF content within Racket applications.

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