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[v3] Extract Concepts from v2 exercise: hamming

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Review the v2 PureScript hamming exercise and the linked community solutions first. Record the concepts and why each is needed in languages/purescript/reference/exercise-concepts/hamming.md, covering the different approaches shown by the solutions.

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Description

Extract the list of concepts required to solve the v2 purescript exercise: hamming. For each concept, describe why it is required to solve the exercise. Keep in mind that an exercise can have multiple approaches (you can find community solutions here: https://exercism.io/tracks/purescript/exercises/hamming/solutions). The goal of this task is to help determine the total list of concepts that make up hamming.

The list of concepts should be stored in the following document: languages/purescript/reference/exercise-concepts/hamming.md. Use this link to create a PR to add this document.

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