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# Core Hoon

Hoon is strict, typed functional programming without category
theory.

Hoon is named after a Wallace Stevens poem.  Coincidentally, it
means "hooligan" in Australian.  Practically, "Hoon" is a short
punchy name which search engines handle well.

Hoon has simple principles and a lot of details.  To keep the
details from getting overwhelming, we start out learning a
simplified subset called Core Hoon.  (Note that some of the
internal structures we show are simplified to match the subset.
These simplifications are corrected under Advanced Types.)

To learn Hoon, traverse this tree in depth-first order:

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