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-https://github.com/google/double-conversion/
+https://github.com/google/double-conversion
 
 This project (double-conversion) provides binary-decimal and decimal-binary
 routines for IEEE doubles.
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 from the V8 JavaScript engine. The code has been refactored and improved so that
 it can be used more easily in other projects.
 
-There is extensive documentation in double-conversion/double-conversion.h. Other 
-examples can be found in test/cctest/test-conversions.cc.
+There is extensive documentation in `double-conversion/double-conversion.h`. Other 
+examples can be found in `test/cctest/test-conversions.cc`.
 
 
 Building
 ========
 
-This library can be built with scons [0] or cmake [1].
+This library can be built with [scons][0] or [cmake][1].
 The checked-in Makefile simply forwards to scons, and provides a
 shortcut to run all tests:
 
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     make
     test/cctest/cctest --list | tr -d '<' | xargs test/cctest/cctest
 
-[0]: http://www.scons.org
-[1]: http://www.cmake.org
+[0]: http://www.scons.org/
+[1]: https://cmake.org/