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+# Claro RC1 Validation
+
+Validation performed for this package:
+
+```text
+gcc -std=c99 src/claro.c -O0 -o claro -lm
+./claro --version
+Claro RC1
+
+./claro test
+PASS: 0 failure(s)
+```
+
+The regression suite covers:
+
+- output
+- expressions
+- variables
+- functions
+- imports
+- namespaced imports
+- exports
+- lists
+- maps
+- loops
+- file read/write/delete/exists
+- JSON parsing
+- JSON pretty output
+- TRY/CATCH
+- RAISE
+- import cycle errors
+- text/math/random/CSV stdlib behavior
+- no-op sprite teaching commands