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-# imath
-
-The imath package
+Imath is a basic, light-weight, and efficient C++ representation of 2D and 3D
+vectors and matrices and other simple but useful mathematical objects,
+functions, and data types common in computer graphics applications, including
+the “half” 16-bit floating-point type.