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+# Description
+
+Python scripts are used for generating automatically the source code for Fortran, C and Python.
+
+# How to use
+
+The main Makefile at the root of the repository allows to trigger the automatic code generation.
+
+```bash
+make fortran
+make C
+make py
+```