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+<span class="SalientComment">## experimental compiler to translate programs written in a generic</span>
+<span class="SalientComment">## expression-oriented language called 'lambda' into mu</span>
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> convert-lambda [
+  run [
+    <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+    <span class="Constant">1</span>:text/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>lambda-to-mu <span class="Constant">[(add a (multiply b c))]</span>
+    <span class="Constant">2</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *<span class="Constant">1</span>:text/<span class="Special">raw</span>
+  ]
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">2</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[t1 &lt;- multiply b c</span>
+<span class="Constant">result &lt;- add a t1]</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> lambda-to-mu in:text<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>out:text [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">0</span>
+  cells:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse in
+  out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>to-mu cells
+]
+
+<span class="Comment"># 'parse' will turn lambda expressions into trees made of cells</span>
+<span class="muData">exclusive-container</span> cell [
+  atom:text
+  pair:pair
+]
+
+<span class="Comment"># printed below as &lt; first | rest &gt;</span>
+<span class="muData">container</span> pair [
+  first:&amp;:cell
+  rest:&amp;:cell
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> new-atom name:text<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:&amp;:cell [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">cell:type</span>
+  *result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">0/tag:atom</span>, name
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> new-pair a:&amp;:cell, b:&amp;:cell<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:&amp;:cell [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">cell:type</span>
+  *result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">1/tag:pair</span>, a/first, b/rest
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> is-atom? x:&amp;:cell<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:boolean [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  <span class="muControl">reply-unless</span> x, <span class="Constant">0/false</span>
+  _, result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> is-pair? x:&amp;:cell<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:boolean [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  <span class="muControl">reply-unless</span> x, <span class="Constant">0/false</span>
+  _, result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x, <span class="Constant">pair:variant</span>
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> atom-is-not-pair [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[a]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-atom s
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-atom? x
+  <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> pair-is-not-atom [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># construct (a . nil)</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[a]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-atom s
+  y:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-pair x, <span class="Constant">0/nil</span>
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-atom? y
+  <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? y
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> atom-match? x:&amp;:cell, pat:text<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:boolean [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  s:text, is-atom?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="muControl">reply-unless</span> is-atom?, <span class="Constant">0/false</span>
+  result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal pat, s
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> atom-match [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-atom <span class="Constant">[abc]</span>
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>atom-match? x, <span class="Constant">[abc]</span>
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> first x:&amp;:cell<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:&amp;:cell [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  pair:pair, pair?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x, <span class="Constant">pair:variant</span>
+  <span class="muControl">reply-unless</span> pair?, <span class="Constant">0/nil</span>
+  result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get pair, <span class="Constant">first:offset</span>
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> rest x:&amp;:cell<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>result:&amp;:cell [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  pair:pair, pair?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x, <span class="Constant">pair:variant</span>
+  <span class="muControl">reply-unless</span> pair?, <span class="Constant">0/nil</span>
+  result<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>get pair, <span class="Constant">rest:offset</span>
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> set-first base:&amp;:cell, new-first:&amp;:cell<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>base:&amp;:cell [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  pair:pair, is-pair?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *base, <span class="Constant">pair:variant</span>
+  <span class="muControl">reply-unless</span> is-pair?
+  pair<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put pair, <span class="Constant">first:offset</span>, new-first
+  *base<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">1/pair</span>, pair
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> set-rest base:&amp;:cell, new-rest:&amp;:cell<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>base:&amp;:cell [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  pair:pair, is-pair?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *base, <span class="Constant">pair:variant</span>
+  <span class="muControl">reply-unless</span> is-pair?
+  pair<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>put pair, <span class="Constant">rest:offset</span>, new-rest
+  *base<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">1/pair</span>, pair
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> cell-operations-on-atom [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[a]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-atom s
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>first x
+  <span class="Constant">11</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>rest x
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># first is nil</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># rest is nil</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> cell-operations-on-pair [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># construct (a . nil)</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[a]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-atom s
+  y:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-pair x, <span class="Constant">0/nil</span>
+  x2:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first y
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>equal x, x2
+  <span class="Constant">11</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>rest y
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># first is correct</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># rest is nil</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="SalientComment">## convert lambda text to a tree of cells</span>
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> parse in:text<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>out:&amp;:cell [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  s:&amp;:stream:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-stream in
+  out, s<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  trace <span class="Constant">2</span>, <span class="Constant">[app/parse]</span>, out
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> parse in:&amp;:stream:char<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>out:&amp;:cell, in:&amp;:stream:char [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># skip whitespace</span>
+  in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>skip-whitespace in
+  c:char, eof?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>peek in
+  <span class="muControl">reply-if</span> eof?, <span class="Constant">0/nil</span>
+  pair?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal c, <span class="Constant">40/open-paren</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    <span class="muControl">break-if</span> pair?
+    <span class="Comment"># atom</span>
+    b:&amp;:buffer<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-buffer <span class="Constant">30</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      done?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>end-of-stream? in
+      <span class="muControl">break-if</span> done?
+      <span class="Comment"># stop before close paren or space</span>
+      c:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>peek in
+      done?<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal c, <span class="Constant">41/close-paren</span>
+      <span class="muControl">break-if</span> done?
+      done?<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>space? c
+      <span class="muControl">break-if</span> done?
+      c<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>read in
+      b<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>append b, c
+      <span class="muControl">loop</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>buffer-to-array b
+    out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-atom s
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> pair?
+    <span class="Comment"># pair</span>
+    read in  <span class="Comment"># skip the open-paren</span>
+    out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">cell:type</span>  <span class="Comment"># start out with nil</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># read in first element of pair</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      end?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>end-of-stream? in
+      not-end?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>not end?
+      assert not-end?, <span class="Constant">[unbalanced '(' in expression]</span>
+      c<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>peek in
+      close-paren?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal c, <span class="Constant">41/close-paren</span>
+      <span class="muControl">break-if</span> close-paren?
+      first:&amp;:cell, in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse in
+      *out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>merge <span class="Constant">1/pair</span>, first, <span class="Constant">0/nil</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+    <span class="Comment"># read in any remaining elements</span>
+    curr:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy out
+    <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+      in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>skip-whitespace in
+      end?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>end-of-stream? in
+      not-end?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>not end?
+      assert not-end?, <span class="Constant">[unbalanced '(' in expression]</span>
+      <span class="Comment"># termination check: ')'</span>
+      c<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>peek in
+      <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+        close-paren?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal c, <span class="Constant">41/close-paren</span>
+        <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> close-paren?
+        read in  <span class="Comment"># skip ')'</span>
+        <span class="muControl">break</span> <span class="Constant">+end-pair:label</span>
+      <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+      <span class="Comment"># still here? read next element of pair</span>
+      next:&amp;:cell, in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse in
+      is-dot?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>atom-match? next, <span class="Constant">[.]</span>
+      <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+        <span class="muControl">break-if</span> is-dot?
+        next-curr:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-pair next, <span class="Constant">0/nil</span>
+        curr<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>set-rest curr, next-curr
+        curr<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest curr
+      <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+      <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+        <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> is-dot?
+        <span class="Comment"># deal with dotted pair</span>
+        in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>skip-whitespace in
+        c<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>peek in
+        not-close-paren?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>not-equal c, <span class="Constant">41/close-paren</span>
+        assert not-close-paren?, <span class="Constant">[')' cannot immediately follow '.']</span>
+        final:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse in
+        curr<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>set-rest curr, final
+        <span class="Comment"># we're not gonna update curr, so better make sure the next iteration</span>
+        <span class="Comment"># is going to end the pair</span>
+        in<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>skip-whitespace in
+        c<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>peek in
+        close-paren?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>equal c, <span class="Constant">41/close-paren</span>
+        assert close-paren?, <span class="Constant">['.' must be followed by exactly one expression before ')']</span>
+      <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+      <span class="muControl">loop</span>
+    <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+<span class="Constant">    +end-pair</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> skip-whitespace in:&amp;:stream:char<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>in:&amp;:stream:char [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    done?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>end-of-stream? in
+    <span class="muControl">reply-if</span> done?, <span class="Constant">0/null</span>
+    c:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>peek in
+    space?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>space? c
+    <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> space?
+    read in  <span class="Comment"># skip</span>
+    <span class="muControl">loop</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> to-text x:&amp;:cell<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>out:text [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  buf:&amp;:buffer<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-buffer <span class="Constant">30</span>
+  buf<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>to-buffer x, buf
+  out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>buffer-to-array buf
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> to-buffer x:&amp;:cell, buf:&amp;:buffer<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>buf:&amp;:buffer [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># base case: empty cell</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    <span class="muControl">break-if</span> x
+    buf<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>append buf, <span class="Constant">[&lt;&gt;]</span>
+    <span class="muControl">reply</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># base case: atom</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">{</span>
+    s:text, atom?:boolean<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+    <span class="muControl">break-unless</span> atom?
+    buf<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>append buf, s
+    <span class="muControl">reply</span>
+  <span class="Delimiter">}</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># recursive case: pair</span>
+  buf<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>append buf, <span class="Constant">[&lt; ]</span>
+  first:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x
+  buf<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>to-buffer first, buf
+  buf<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>append buf, <span class="Constant">[ | ]</span>
+  rest:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest x
+  buf<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>to-buffer rest, buf
+  buf<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>append buf, <span class="Constant">[ &gt;]</span>
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> parse-single-letter-atom [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[a]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  s2:text, <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">11</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s2
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># parse result is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[a]</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> parse-atom [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[abc]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  s2:text, <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">11</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s2
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># parse result is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[abc]</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> parse-list-of-two-atoms [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[(abc def)]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  trace-should-contain [
+    app/parse: &lt; abc | &lt; <span class="muRecipe">def</span> | <span class="Constant">&lt;&gt;</span> &gt; &gt;
+  ]
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  x1:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x
+  x2:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest x
+  s1:text, <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x1, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">12</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x2
+  x3:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x2
+  s2:text, <span class="Constant">13</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x3, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">14</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>rest x2
+  <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s1
+  <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s2
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># parse result is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">12</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">13</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">14</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.rest is nil</span>
+    <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[abc]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first</span>
+    <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[def]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> parse-list-with-extra-spaces [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[ ( abc  def ) ]</span>  <span class="Comment"># extra spaces</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  trace-should-contain [
+    app/parse: &lt; abc | &lt; <span class="muRecipe">def</span> | <span class="Constant">&lt;&gt;</span> &gt; &gt;
+  ]
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  x1:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x
+  x2:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest x
+  s1:text, <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x1, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">12</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x2
+  x3:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x2
+  s2:text, <span class="Constant">13</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x3, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">14</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>rest x2
+  <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s1
+  <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s2
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># parse result is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">12</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">13</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">14</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.rest is nil</span>
+    <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[abc]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first</span>
+    <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[def]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> parse-list-of-more-than-two-atoms [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[(abc def ghi)]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  trace-should-contain [
+    app/parse: &lt; abc | &lt; <span class="muRecipe">def</span> | &lt; ghi | <span class="Constant">&lt;&gt;</span> &gt; &gt; &gt;
+  ]
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  x1:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x
+  x2:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest x
+  s1:text, <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x1, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">12</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x2
+  x3:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x2
+  s2:text, <span class="Constant">13</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x3, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  x4:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest x2
+  <span class="Constant">14</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x4
+  x5:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x4
+  s3:text, <span class="Constant">15</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x5, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">16</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>rest x4
+  <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s1
+  <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s2
+  <span class="Constant">40</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s3
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># parse result is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">12</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">13</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">14</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.rest is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">15</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.rest.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">16</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.rest.rest is nil</span>
+    <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[abc]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first</span>
+    <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[def]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first</span>
+    <span class="Constant">40</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[ghi]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.rest</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> parse-nested-list [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[((abc))]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  trace-should-contain [
+    app/parse: &lt; &lt; abc | <span class="Constant">&lt;&gt;</span> &gt; | <span class="Constant">&lt;&gt;</span> &gt;
+  ]
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  x1:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x
+  <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  x2:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x1
+  s1:text, <span class="Constant">12</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x2, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">13</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>rest x1
+  <span class="Constant">14</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>rest x
+  <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s1
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># parse result is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">12</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">13</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first.rest is nil</span>
+    <span class="Constant">14</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest is nil</span>
+    <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[abc]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first.first</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> parse-nested-list-2 [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[((abc) def)]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  trace-should-contain [
+    app/parse: &lt; &lt; abc | <span class="Constant">&lt;&gt;</span> &gt; | &lt; <span class="muRecipe">def</span> | <span class="Constant">&lt;&gt;</span> &gt; &gt;
+  ]
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  x1:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x
+  <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  x2:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x1
+  s1:text, <span class="Constant">12</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x2, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">13</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>rest x1
+  x3:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest x
+  x4:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x3
+  s2:text, <span class="Constant">14</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x4, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">15</span>:&amp;:cell/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>rest x3
+  <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s1
+  <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s2
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># parse result is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">12</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">13</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first.rest is nil</span>
+    <span class="Constant">14</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">15</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">0</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.rest is nil</span>
+    <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[abc]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first.first</span>
+    <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[def]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="Comment"># todo: uncomment these tests after we figure out how to continue tests after</span>
+<span class="Comment"># assertion failures</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#? scenario parse-error [</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   local-scope</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   s:text &lt;- new [(]</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#? #?   hide-errors</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   x:&amp;:cell &lt;- parse s</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#? #?   show-errors</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   trace-should-contain [</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?     error: unbalanced '(' in expression</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   ]</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#? ]</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#? </span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#? scenario parse-error-after-element [</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   local-scope</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   s:text &lt;- new [(abc]</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#? #?   hide-errors</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   x:&amp;:cell &lt;- parse s</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#? #?   show-errors</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   trace-should-contain [</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?     error: unbalanced '(' in expression</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#?   ]</span>
+<span class="CommentedCode">#? ]</span>
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> parse-dotted-list-of-two-atoms [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[(abc . def)]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  trace-should-contain [
+    app/parse: &lt; abc | <span class="muRecipe">def</span> &gt;
+  ]
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  x1:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x
+  x2:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest x
+  s1:text, <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x1, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  s2:text, <span class="Constant">12</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x2, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s1
+  <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s2
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Comment"># parses to &lt; abc | def &gt;</span>
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># parse result is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">12</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[abc]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first</span>
+    <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[def]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="muScenario">scenario</span> parse-dotted-list-of-more-than-two-atoms [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  s:text<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new <span class="Constant">[(abc def . ghi)]</span>
+  x:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>parse s
+  trace-should-contain [
+    app/parse: &lt; abc | &lt; <span class="muRecipe">def</span> | ghi &gt; &gt;
+  ]
+  <span class="Constant">10</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x
+  x1:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x
+  x2:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest x
+  s1:text, <span class="Constant">11</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x1, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">12</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>is-pair? x2
+  x3:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>first x2
+  s2:text, <span class="Constant">13</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x3, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  x4:&amp;:cell<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>rest x2
+  s3:text, <span class="Constant">14</span>:boolean/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>maybe-convert *x4, <span class="Constant">atom:variant</span>
+  <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s1
+  <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s2
+  <span class="Constant">40</span>:@:char/<span class="Special">raw &lt;- </span>copy *s3
+  memory-should-contain [
+    <span class="Constant">10</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># parse result is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">11</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">12</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest is a pair</span>
+    <span class="Constant">13</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">14</span><span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">1</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.rest is an atom</span>
+    <span class="Constant">20</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[abc]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.first</span>
+    <span class="Constant">30</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[def]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.first</span>
+    <span class="Constant">40</span>:@:char<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span><span class="Constant">[ghi]</span>  <span class="Comment"># result.rest.rest</span>
+  ]
+]
+
+<span class="SalientComment">## convert tree of cells to mu text</span>
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> to-mu in:&amp;:cell<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>out:text [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  buf:&amp;:buffer<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>new-buffer <span class="Constant">30</span>
+  buf<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>to-mu in, buf
+  out<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>buffer-to-array buf
+]
+
+<span class="muRecipe">def</span> to-mu in:&amp;:cell, buf:&amp;:buffer<span class="muRecipe"> -&gt; </span>buf:&amp;:buffer, result-name:text [
+  <span class="Constant">local-scope</span>
+  <span class="Constant">load-ingredients</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># null cell? no change.</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># pair with all atoms? gensym a new variable</span>
+  <span class="Comment"># pair containing other pairs? recurse</span>
+  result-name<span class="Special"> &lt;- </span>copy <span class="Constant">0</span>
+]
+</pre>
+</body>
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