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 For example, 1997 is not a leap year, but 1996 is.  1900 is not a leap
 year, but 2000 is.
 
-If your language provides a method in the standard library that does
-this look-up, pretend it doesn't exist and implement it yourself.
-
 ## Notes
 
 Though our exercise adopts some very simple rules, there is more to