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+pepy
+====
+pepy (pronounced p-pie) is a python binding to the pe-parse parser.
+
+Building
+========
+If you can build pe-parse and have a working python environment (headers and
+libraries) you can build pepy.
+
+1. Build pepy:
+  * python setup.py build
+2. Install pepy:
+  * python setup.py install
+
+Authors
+=======
+pe-parse was designed and implemented by Andrew Ruef (andrew@trailofbits.com)
+pepy was written by Wesley Shields (wxs@atarininja.org)