Fix critical list evaluation bug and REPL updates
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@ -19,31 +19,21 @@ tricu is the word for "tree" in Lojban: `(x1) is a tree of species/cultivar (x2)
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## What does it look like?
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```
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-- Anything after `--` on a single line is a comment
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-- We can define functions or "variables" as Tree Calculus values
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false = t
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_ = t
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true = t t
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-- We can define functions as lambda expressions that are eliminated to Tree
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-- Calculus terms.
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id = (\a : a) -- `id` evaluates to the TC form of: t (t (t t)) t
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triage = (\a b c : t (t a b) c)
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-- Intensionality! We can inspect program structure, not just inputs/outputs:
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test = triage "Leaf" (\_ : "Stem") (\_ _ : "Fork")
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tricu < -- Anything after `--` on a single line is a comment
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tricu < id = (\a : a) -- Lambda abstraction is eliminated to tree calculus terms
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tricu < head (map (\i : lconcat i " world!") [("Hello, ")])
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tricu > "Hello, world!"
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tricu < id (head (map (\i : lconcat i " world!") [("Hello, ")]))
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tricu > "Hello, world!"
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-- REPL
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-- `tricu <` is the input prompt
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-- `tricu >` is the Tree Calculus form output. Most are elided below.
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-- `READ -:` is an attempt to interpret the TC output as strings/numbers.
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tricu < test t
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tricu > Fork (Fork Leaf (Fork ...) ... )
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READ -: "Leaf"
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tricu < test (t t)
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READ -: "Stem"
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tricu < test (t t t)
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READ -: "Fork"
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tricu < map (\i : listConcat i " is super cool!") [("Tree Calculus") ("Intensionality") ("tricu")]
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READ -: ["Tree Calculus is super cool!", "Intensionality is super cool!", "tricu is super cool!"]
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tricu < -- Intensionality! We can inspect the structure of a function.
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tricu < triage = (\a b c : t (t a b) c)
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tricu < test = triage "Leaf" (\z : "Stem") (\a b : "Fork")
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tricu < test t t
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tricu > "Stem"
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tricu < -- We can even write a function to convert a function to source code
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tricu < toTString id
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tricu > "t (t (t t)) t"
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```
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## Installation and Use
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