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 SWIFT: Sph WIth Fine-grained inter-dependent Tasking
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 For information on how to _run_ SWIFT, please consult the onboarding guide
 available [here](http://www.swiftsim.com/onboarding.pdf). This includes
 dependencies, and a few examples to get you going.