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-= turingAutomaton =
+# turingAutomaton #
 
 a toy programming language for creating turing machines
 
-== description ==
+## description ##
 
 `turingAutomaton` is a programming language created to test the Racket ecosystem. it features custom syntax and is able to run single tape turing machines.
 
-== installation ==
+## installation ##
 
 ```
 git clone https://git.lain.church/tA/turingAutomaton
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 raco pkg install
 ```
 
-== syntax ==
+## syntax ##
 
 all files must begin with a
 
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 @ first ; or at the end of a line
 ```
 
-== sample program ==
+## sample program ##
 
 this machine will double a number passed to it
 
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 e ~ e > F
 ```
 
-== caveats ==
+## caveats ##
 
 currently very unfinished.
 
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 might get slow for very large tapes as the tape uses linked lists to operate.
 
-== thanks ==
+## thanks ##
 
 mutce ckire to:
    * the racket team for creating an awesome language
    * Matthew Butterick for his book [Beautiful Racket](https://beautifulracket.com/) and the libraries within
 
-== author ==
+## author ##
 
 `fi'e la ti'ei`