diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
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+MPICC = mpicc
+CFLAGS += -g
+all: example
+example: example.c
+	$(MPICC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $? $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+clean:
+	rm -f example
diff --git a/example.c b/example.c
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+++ b/example.c
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+#include"mpi.h"
+#include<stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc,
+char **argv){
+	MPI_Init( &argc, &argv);
+	printf("Hello world\n");
+	MPI_Finalize();
+	return 0;
+}