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 .\" from the front page of https://julialang.org/
 .SH NAME
-julia - high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing
+julia - a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 julia [option] [program] [args..]