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-# PhD dissertation on foundations for programming and implementing effect handlers
+# Foundations for programming and implementing effect handlers
+
+**NOTE** I have made a draft copy of the dissertation available in
+this repository. I ask that you **do not** link to or distribute the
+draft anywhere, because I will delete the file once the final revision has
+been submitted after the viva.
+
+---
+
+Submitted May 30, 2021. Pending examination.
+
+The board of examiners consists of
+
+* Andrew Kennedy (Facebook)
+* Edwin Brady (St. Andrews)
+* Ohad Kammar (The University of Edinburgh)
+* Stephen Gilmore (The University of Edinburgh)
+
+## Building
 
 To build the dissertation you need the [Informatics thesis LaTeX
 class](https://github.com/dhil/inf-thesis-latex-cls).
 
-Don't hold your breath... This thing isn't due for a while...
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