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+# lispish
+
+A simple LISP-like programming language made to learn a few things. The
+language was based on a tutorial [1].
+
+For now this is useful only to do basic arithmetic. :-)
+
+Features:
+
+- basic arithmetic works
+- closures
+- builtin symbols: atom, eq, define, if, lambda, quote, mod, +, -, /,
+  *, >
+- types: integer, string, symbol, list
+- REPL uses linenoise for history and line-editing
+- embedded tests
+
+To build the interpreter:
+
+    make repl
+
+To build the tests:
+
+    make test
+
+To build both of them together:
+
+    make all
+
+[1] https://github.com/kvalle/diy-lisp
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+- garbage collection
+- REPL in the language itself