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+[![built with garnix](https://img.shields.io/endpoint.svg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgarnix.io%2Fapi%2Fbadges%2Fhaxala1r%2Flisp)](https://garnix.io/repo/haxala1r/lisp)
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+## Lisp compiler written in OCaml
+
+This project is a small lisp compiler written in OCaml.
+
+Currently, a small lisp-like language is compiled into a custom bytecode format.
+Documentation for the language, along with the bytecode format will be published
+upon first release.
+