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 # MD Uebung files
 
-This began life as Nils Uebung.
-In June 2022, I moved executable code out of `rvec.h`. There was executable code which is not allowed in a `.h` file.
+This is a simple 2-dimensional MD program, but it is not complete. As homework, you have to write the missing parts in `md.c`.
 
-I also removed some unnecessary lines from the Makefile.
+This Uebung began with code from Marco Matthies and Nils Petersen.
+In June 2022, I moved executable code out of `rvec.h`. As a matter of style, one should never have code or anything that allocates space in `.h` files.
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+I removed some unnecessary lines from the Makefile.
 
 # BUGS
 If you compile with `-Wall`, there will be some warnings about unused variables. These are not a problem. This is an assignment in which one should write code that uses these variables.