From bf44744480707e7c9e3c36a379f41138b2041047 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Winston
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 23:02:04 -0400
Subject: add some reference material

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+# neb
+
+now in bytecode
+
+## broken things
+[ ] VM immediately returns after a `def`
+[ ] lists work for atoms like `(list 1 2 3)` but not evaluated expressions
+    like `(list (+ 2 3) 4 5)` (i think that only includes 3 4 5). might need
+    something like a MAKE_LIST op, followed by a length of how many items?
+    i feel like i'm really bastardizing bytecode instructions.
+[ ] the emitted code is lousy with runtime typechecks. these are good to have,
+    generally speaking, but a) should be able to do more compile time type 
+    checks to avoid some of them, b) should only need to type check certain
+    things once (so long as variables can't change type), and c) should probably
+    generalize the typecheck op with a parameter to enable more flexibility
+[ ] i mean, nearly nothing works
+
+## things that hopefully work
+[x] addition!
+[x] subtraction!
+[x] `if`/`and`/`or`!
+[x] `>`/`<` and co.
+[x] `func` to define a function, assuming it only has ^^ those things
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