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Lisp: A Future History
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The REPL
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Configuring Your Development Environment
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Strings
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Strings from Chars
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Printing With princ
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A Brief Introduction to Format
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A Little Bit More on Format
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Streams
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File Streams
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Binary Streams
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Prompting Users
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Pretty-Printing
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More Integers
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Hexadecimal Integer Notation
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.6" data-path="1-06-06-ratios.html">
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.7" data-path="1-06-07-floating-point.html">
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.8" data-path="1-06-08-constants.html">
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<a href="1-06-08-constants.html">
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Numeric Constants
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.9" data-path="1-06-09-complex-numbers.html">
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<a href="1-06-09-complex-numbers.html">
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Complex Numbers
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.10" data-path="1-06-10-arithmetic.html">
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<a href="1-06-10-arithmetic.html">
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Arithmetic
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.11" data-path="1-06-11-more-arithmetic.html">
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<a href="1-06-11-more-arithmetic.html">
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More Arithmetic
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</a>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.12" data-path="1-06-12-even-more-arithmetic.html">
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<a href="1-06-12-even-more-arithmetic.html">
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Even More Arithmetic
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.13" data-path="1-06-13-exponents.html">
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<a href="1-06-13-exponents.html">
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Exponents
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.14" data-path="1-06-14-logarithms.html">
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<a href="1-06-14-logarithms.html">
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Logarithms
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.15" data-path="1-06-15-trigonometry.html">
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<a href="1-06-15-trigonometry.html">
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Trigonometry
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</a>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.6.16" data-path="1-06-16-psuedorandom-numbers.html">
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<a href="1-06-16-psuedorandom-numbers.html">
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Pseudo-Random Numbers
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</a>
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</ul>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.7" data-path="1-07-0-arrays.html">
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<a href="1-07-0-arrays.html">
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Extra Credit: Arrays and Vectors
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</a>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.8" data-path="1-08-0-variables.html">
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<a href="1-08-0-variables.html">
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Variables, Parameters, and Constants
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</a>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.9" data-path="1-09-0-closures.html">
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<a href="1-09-0-closures.html">
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Extra Credit: Closures
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</a>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.10" data-path="1-10-0-functions.html">
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<a href="1-10-0-functions.html">
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Functions and Macros
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</a>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.11" data-path="1-11-0-text-adventure.html">
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<a href="1-11-0-text-adventure.html">
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Extra Credit: A Simple Text Adventure
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</a>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.12" data-path="1-12-0-namespaces.html">
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<a href="1-12-0-namespaces.html">
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Namespaces, Symbols, Packages, and Systems
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</a>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.13" data-path="1-13-0-simple-web-app.html">
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<a href="1-13-0-simple-web-app.html">
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Extra Credit: A Simple Web Application
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.14" data-path="1-14-0-conditionals.html">
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<a href="1-14-0-conditionals.html">
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Conditionals
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</a>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.15" data-path="1-15-0-command-line-utility.html">
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<a href="1-15-0-command-line-utility.html">
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Extra Credit: Command-Line Utilities
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.16" data-path="1-16-0-map-loop.html">
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<a href="1-16-0-map-loop.html">
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Mapping and Looping
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.17" data-path="1-17-0-iterate.html">
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<a href="1-17-0-iterate.html">
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Extra Credit: Revisiting Loops with Iterate
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.18" data-path="1-18-0-format.html">
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<a href="1-18-0-format.html">
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Format Strings
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.19" data-path="1-19-0-dsl.html">
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<a href="1-19-0-dsl.html">
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Extra Credit: Domain Specific Languages
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="3.1.20" data-path="1-20-0-review.html">
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<a href="1-20-0-review.html">
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Part One in Review
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</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<li class="header">PART TWO</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1" data-path="2-0-0-overview.html">
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<a href="2-0-0-overview.html">
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The Suffusion of Blue
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</a>
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<ul class="articles">
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.1" data-path="2-01-0-programming-paradigms.html">
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<a href="2-01-0-programming-paradigms.html">
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Programming Paradigms
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.2" data-path="2-02-0-regex.html">
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<a href="2-02-0-regex.html">
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Extra Credit: Regular Expressions
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.3" data-path="2-03-0-objects-control.html">
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<a href="2-03-0-objects-control.html">
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Objects and Control Structures
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.4" data-path="2-04-0-data-persistence.html">
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<a href="2-04-0-data-persistence.html">
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Extra Credit: Persistence and Databases
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.5" data-path="2-05-0-extended-types.html">
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<a href="2-05-0-extended-types.html">
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Extended Types
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.6" data-path="2-06-0-threads-memos-parallel.html">
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<a href="2-06-0-threads-memos-parallel.html">
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Extra Credit: Concurrency and Memoization
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.7" data-path="2-07-0-logic-and-more-math.html">
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<a href="2-07-0-logic-and-more-math.html">
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Logic and Advanced Math
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.8" data-path="2-08-0-number-theory.html">
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<a href="2-08-0-number-theory.html">
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Extra Credit: Number Theory
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.9" data-path="2-09-0-binary-octets-bits.html">
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<a href="2-09-0-binary-octets-bits.html">
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Binary Streams, Octet-Vectors, and Bit-Vectors
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.10" data-path="2-10-0-improved-text-adventure-engine.html">
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<a href="2-10-0-improved-text-adventure-engine.html">
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Extra Credit: An Improved Text Adventure Engine
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.11" data-path="2-11-0-conditions.html">
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<a href="2-11-0-conditions.html">
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Conditions and Error Handling
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.12" data-path="2-12-0-2d-game.html">
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<a href="2-12-0-2d-game.html">
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Extra Credit: Write a 2D Game
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.13" data-path="2-13-0-compiler.html">
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<a href="2-13-0-compiler.html">
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The Compiler
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.14" data-path="2-14-0-tree-shaker.html">
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<a href="2-14-0-tree-shaker.html">
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Extra Credit: Write a Tree-Shaker
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.15" data-path="2-15-0-docs-and-inspection.html">
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<a href="2-15-0-docs-and-inspection.html">
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Documentation and Inspection
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.16" data-path="2-16-0-foreign-libs.html">
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<a href="2-16-0-foreign-libs.html">
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Extra Credit: Foreign Libraries in Lisp
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.17" data-path="2-17-0-debugging-testing.html">
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<a href="2-17-0-debugging-testing.html">
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Debugging and Unit Testing
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.18" data-path="2-18-0-ffi.html">
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<a href="2-18-0-ffi.html">
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Extra Credit: Write a Foreign Function Interface
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.19" data-path="2-19-0-essential-libs.html">
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<a href="2-19-0-essential-libs.html">
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Essential Lisp Libraries
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.20" data-path="2-20-0-packaging-libs.html">
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<a href="2-20-0-packaging-libs.html">
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Extra Credit: Packaging Lisp Libraries
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="4.1.21" data-path="2-21-0-review.html">
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<a href="2-21-0-review.html">
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Detailed Syntax Review
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</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="header">PART THREE</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="5.1" data-path="3-00-00-overview.html">
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<a href="3-00-00-overview.html">
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Lisp So(u)rcery
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</a>
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<ul class="articles">
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<li class="chapter " data-level="5.1.1" data-path="3-01-00-web-apps.html">
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<a href="3-01-00-web-apps.html">
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Real-world Web Apps
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="5.1.2" data-path="3-02-00-typesetting.html">
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<a href="3-02-00-typesetting.html">
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Typesetting
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="5.1.3" data-path="3-03-00-mobile.html">
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<a href="3-03-00-mobile.html">
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Native Mobile Applications
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="5.1.4" data-path="3-04-00-gui.html">
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<a href="3-04-00-gui.html">
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Cross-platform Desktop Applications
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</a>
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</li>
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<li class="chapter " data-level="5.1.5" data-path="3-05-00-system-utils.html">
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<a href="3-05-00-system-utils.html">
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Drivers, Daemons, and System-Utilities
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</a>
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<p>If you've used the command line at all before starting this book, you may have noticed a lot of command line applications will tell you what they're going to do, and ask you to confirm before it continues. Something like, "Going to write your changes to a file. Are you sure you want to continue? (Y or N)." And then it waits for you to type the letter <kbd>Y</kbd> or <kbd>N</kbd> on the keyboard.</p>
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