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+# lis.p8 a lisp interpretter in pico8, supporting call/cc
+this is quite a slow interpretter and im not sure i can use it for even a basic game,
+but it was a ton of fun to make and helped me grok call/cc.
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+gur interpretter itself is more or less done,
+it was planned to have an ide type thing, but that's not finished