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+[![npm version](https://badgen.now.sh/npm/v/isolated-vm)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/isolated-vm)
+[![isc license](https://badgen.now.sh/npm/license/isolated-vm)](https://github.com/laverdet/isolated-vm/blob/main/LICENSE)
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+[![npm downloads](https://badgen.now.sh/npm/dm/isolated-vm)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/isolated-vm)
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+isolated-vm -- Access to multiple isolates in nodejs
+====================================================
+
+Hello you found the secret rewrite of isolated-vm. This is a from-scratch rewrite I've been working
+on in my spare time.