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+## Addition of OpenMP dependency
+
+An OpenMP dependency (`openmp`) has been added that encapsulates the various
+flags used by compilers to enable OpenMP and checks for the existence of the
+`omp.h` header. The `language` keyword may be passed to force the use of a
+specific compiler for the checks.