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5# Core Hoon
7Hoon is strict, typed functional programming without category
8theory.
10Hoon is named after a Wallace Stevens poem. Coincidentally, it
11means "hooligan" in Australian. Practically, "Hoon" is a short
12punchy name which search engines handle well.
14Hoon has simple principles and a lot of details. To keep the
15details from getting overwhelming, we start out learning a
16simplified subset called Core Hoon. (Note that some of the
17internal structures we show are simplified to match the subset.
18These simplifications are corrected under Advanced Types.)
20To learn Hoon, traverse this tree in depth-first order:
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