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 A lisp-like language built on the go programming language. The ideas are still a
 work-in-progress, and this repo is where I'm jotting down my notes.
 
+# Goals
+
+I have some immediate goals I'm trying to achieve with this syntax:
+
+* Everything is strings (except numbers, functions, and data structures). There
+  is no symbol type, atom type, keyword type, etc... they're all just strings.
+
+* There is no `defmacro`. Macro creation and usage is simply an inherent feature
+  of the language syntax.
+
 # Walkthrough
 
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