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 # pyority_queue
 
 Implementations of priority queues in Python using Rust bindings for speed.
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+## Purpose
+
+I'm doing this to learn Rust, so don't judge me too hard lol.
+I've noted a few places where I'm unhappy with the implementation (mostly w.r.t. code duplication), but hopefully as I become more comfortable in Rust I can go back and fix those.
+Better to have a bad implementation now than a good implementation never is my view.