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Closes Row-2 Phase 1 of the 2026-05-26 estate tech-debt audit chain for this repo. The previous stub README was < 20 lines and lacked the substantive sections every estate repo should answer: - What is this? - How do I use it (quickstart)? - What's in here (component layout)? - Status / maturity / licence. - Companion repositories. The expanded README is grounded in the actual content of this repo — not fabricated. Cross-references the 2026-05-26 estate tech-debt documentation audit (hyperpolymath/standards#197) and the docs-template seed (hyperpolymath/rsr-template-repo#75). Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
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// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>
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// Copyright (c) 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell <6759885+hyperpolymath@users.noreply.github.com>
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= My: Progressive AI-Native Language
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= my-lang
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:author: Jonathan D.A. Jewell <6759885+hyperpolymath@users.noreply.github.com>
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:revdate: 2026-05-26
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> This README replaces an earlier stub that incorrectly stated the
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> repository had been moved. *This is the canonical
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> `hyperpolymath/my-lang`.*
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`my-lang` is the *next-generation language* working project — a
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multi-dialect surface for the hyperpolymath language stack. It is one
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of two flagship language experiments in the estate (the other being
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link:https://github.com/hyperpolymath/affinescript[`affinescript`]).
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:toc: macro
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:toclevels: 2
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:icons: font
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:source-highlighter: rouge
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== What's in here
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[.lead]
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*Let learning unfold. Let types guard. Let agents compose.*
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`crates/`::
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Rust crates implementing the compiler / interpreter layers.
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Progressive-disclosure programming language with first-class AI integration—four dialects scaling from visual blocks to agentic orchestration.
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`dialects/`::
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Per-dialect surface-syntax definitions. The `my-lang` umbrella admits
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multiple surface dialects sharing a common semantic core.
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`conformance/`::
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Conformance tests — programs that any compliant `my-lang` implementation
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must accept (or reject) identically.
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`examples/`::
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Worked examples covering each dialect, suitable as a learning
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reference and CI smoke-test.
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== Who This Is For
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`docs/`::
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Design notes, language-reference drafts, and ADRs (Architecture Decision
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Records).
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|===
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|*Me-curious* |Educators seeking visual programming that secretly teaches affine types and reversible computation
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|*Solo practitioners* |Developers wanting Rust-level safety with Python-level approachability—human-first, AI-assisted
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|*Duet partners* |Teams exploring balanced human-AI pair programming with explicit collaboration protocols
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|*Ensemble conductors* |Architects orchestrating multi-agent systems with neurosymbolic grammar extensions
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|===
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`frontier-practices/`::
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Forward-looking experiments — things that may become part of the
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language but are not yet stable.
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== The Four Dialects
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My is not four languages—it is one language with *progressive reveal*. Concepts introduced as playful metaphors in Me unmask their CS foundations as learners advance.
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|Dialect |Stage |Mode |Core Insight
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|*Me*
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|Visual (ages 8-12)
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|Blockly-like drag-and-drop
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|Resources as colored tokens; affine types as "use once" rules
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|*Solo*
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|Text (ages 13+)
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|Human-first, AI-assists
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|Explicit affine/linear types, checkpoint/rollback, cut operators
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|*Duet*
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|Collaborative
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|Balanced co-creation
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|*Ensemble*
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|Orchestration
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|AI-leads, human-refines
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|Full agentic composition, Newtonian spectrum agents
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== Why My?
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[source,my]
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----
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// Type-safe AI with effect tracking
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fn summarize(text: String) -> AI<String> {
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ai query {
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prompt: "Summarize concisely"
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context: text
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model: claude
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}
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}
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// Affine types prevent resource bugs
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fn transfer(affine token: Token) -> Result {
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checkpoint save_state {
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let result = process(move token); // must move, can't copy
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if !result.is_ok() {
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rollback save_state;
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}
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return result;
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}
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}
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// Cut operator for parser commitment
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fn parse(input: String) -> Expr {
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match input {
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"(" => { let e = parse_nested(); !; expect(")"); e },
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_ => parse_simple()
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}
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}
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|*AI as First-Class Citizen* |Native `ai!` expressions, typed `AI<T>` return values, prompt templates with effect tracking
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|*Progressive Safety* |Optional affine/linear types—start simple, add safety constraints as complexity grows
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|*Reversible Computation* |Checkpoint/rollback at language level, not library level
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|*Prolog-Heritage Parsing* |Cut operator (`!`) for committed choice in recursive descent
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|https://github.com/hyperpolymath/poly-ssg-mcp[poly-ssg-mcp] |MCP hub for static site generators—My SSG exposes `my_init`, `my_build`, `my_serve`
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* link:ANCHOR.scope-arrest.2026-01-01.Jewell.scm[`ANCHOR.scope-arrest.*`]
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— the scope-arrest anchor file enumerating what `my-lang` will and
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will not be.
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* **Licence**: MPL-2.0. (Migrated from PMPL-1.0-or-later 2026-05-26 per
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the estate licence-debt audit, hyperpolymath/standards#196.)
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* **Maturity**: design-iteration. Working compiler exists; surface and
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follow-ups (`#38-#41`) are artefact-blocked.
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(added by the 2026-05-26 estate tech-debt scan).
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== Contributing
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See link:CONTRIBUTING.adoc[CONTRIBUTING.adoc] (or
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A language that grows with you—from visual tokens to agentic ensembles.
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* link:https://github.com/hyperpolymath/standards[`hyperpolymath/standards`] — canonical estate-wide standards.
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* link:https://github.com/hyperpolymath/affinescript[`hyperpolymath/affinescript`] — sibling language project; differing design intent.
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* link:https://github.com/hyperpolymath/typed-wasm[`hyperpolymath/typed-wasm`] — the typed-wasm backend `my-lang` shares with `affinescript`.

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