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authorEduardo Julian2015-10-01 12:49:24 -0400
committerEduardo Julian2015-10-01 12:49:24 -0400
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## What is Lux?
+[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/LuxLang/lux](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/LuxLang/lux?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
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Lux is a new programming language in the making.
It's meant to be a functional, statically-typed Lisp that will run on several platforms, such as the Java Virtual Machine and JavaScript interpreters.
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### Macros
Unlike in most other lisps, Lux macros are monadic.
-The **(Lux a)** type is the one responsible for the magic by treading **Compiler** instances through macros.
+The **(Lux a)** type is the one responsibly for the magic by threading **Compiler** instances through macros.
Macros must have the **Macro** type and then be declared as macros.
However, just using the **defmacro** macro will take care of it for you.