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+# Lamb
+
+A (very WIP) lambda expression evaluator and debugger.
+
+I'd like to build the following:
+
+- [ ] parsing with parsec
+- [ ] alpha/beta reduction to beta normal
+- [ ] substitutions for known abstractions (numbers can be written and are displayed as numbers rather than lambda terms)
+- [ ] persisted variables
+- [ ] display all steps in alpha/beta reductions until beta normal form is reached
+- [ ] online web-based lambda playground