diff --git a/basis/alien/c-syntax/authors.txt b/basis/alien/c-syntax/authors.txt
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+Jeremy Hughes
diff --git a/basis/alien/compile/authors.txt b/basis/alien/compile/authors.txt
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+Jeremy Hughes