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 ===
 
 a meta-language for rackjure-like anonymous function literals, based on at-exp and rackjure
+
+Example:
+```racket
+#lang afl racket/base
+(map #λ(+ % 1) '(1 2 3)) ;=> '(2 3 4)
+```