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+# Tada
+
+Tada is an interpreted language inspired by lisp and lua. It's name means
+"tabular data" or "table data".
+
+I've wanted to learn a lisp for a while now, but have never come further than
+the absolute basics. Also, I've never created a proper programming language
+before. So I decided to make one - inspired by my rudimentary understanding of
+lisp, combined with a bit of lua tables.