hy/README.md

Hy
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Lisp and Python should love each other. Let's make it happen. [Try it](http://try-hy.appspot.com/).

Hylarious Hacks
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[Django + Lisp](https://github.com/paultag/djlisp/tree/master/djlisp)

[Python sh fun](https://twitter.com/paultag/status/314925996442796032)

[Hy IRC bot](https://github.com/hylang/hygdrop)

[miniKanren in Hy](https://github.com/algernon/adderall)

OK, so, why?
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Well. Python is awesome. So awesome, that we have so many tools to alter the
language in a *core* way, but we never use them.

Why?

Well, I wrote Hy to help people realize one thing about Python:

It's really awesome.

Oh, and lisps are neat.

![](http://i.imgur.com/QbPMXTN.png)

(fan art from the one and only [doctormo](http://doctormo.deviantart.com/art/Cuddles-the-Hacker-372184766))

Project
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* Code: https://github.com/hylang/hy
* Docs: http://hylang.org/
* Quickstart: http://hylang.org/en/latest/quickstart.html
* Bug reports: We have no bugs! Your bugs are your own! (https://github.com/hylang/hy/issues)
* License: MIT (Expat)