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+To compile, run:
+
+   ant compile_orig
+
+To run the test scripts on the original (hopefully non-faulty) implementation, use:
+
+   ant test -Dprogram="original" -Dtest="Partitioning"
+
+or
+
+   ant test -Dprogram="original" -Dtest="Boundary"
+
+To run a test script on the first mutant, use:
+
+   ant test -Dprogram="mutant-1" -Dtest="Boundary"
+
+To clean all class files, run:
+
+   ant clean
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