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 raptor-templates
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-Raptor Templates is an asynchronous, high performance, _HTML-based_ templating language that can be used in Node.js or in the browser. The directives in Raptor Template files are less obtrusive and more powerful because the templating language understands the structure of the HTML document.
+Raptor Templates is a streaming, asynchronous, high performance, _HTML-based_ templating language that can be used in Node.js or in the browser. The directives in Raptor Template files are less obtrusive and more powerful because the templating language understands the structure of the HTML document.
 
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