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        <h1>Extempore</h1>
        <p>An audiovisual live programming environment.</p>
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            <h2 class="header-light regular-pad">What is Extempore?</h2>
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              Extempore is a programming language and runtime environment
              designed to support <strong>cyberphysical programming</strong>,
              where a human programmer operates as an <emph>active</emph> agent in the world.
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              You might have seen Extempore used for livecoding&mdash;making live
              music & visuals with code&mdash;and it's certainly very good at that,
              but Extempore's ambitions are broader :)
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            <h3 class="text-center">Extempore concepts</h3>
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                <li><a href="{{site.baseurl}}{% link _docs/guides/note-level-music.md %}">make music</a></li>
                <li><a href="{{site.baseurl}}{% link _docs/overview/philosophy.md %}">the Extempore philosophy</a></li>
                <li><a href="{{site.baseurl}}{% link _docs/reference/types.md %}">learn xtlang</a></li>
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            <h3 class="text-center">Need help?</h3>
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                <li><a href="{{site.baseurl}}{% link _docs/index.md %}">read the docs</a></li>
                <li><a href="mailto:extemporelang@googlegroups.com">mailing list</a></li>
                <li><a href="https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/handle/1885/144603">cite Extempore</a></li>
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