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 # tipi-lang
 
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+Tipi / teepee means: 'the place where they live' in Sioux/Dakota. 
+see [https://sesquiotic.com/2013/02/23/teepee/]
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+Borrowing from that: 'the place where http lives'.
 
 ## Why?
 1. Existing languages are just fine, but building web services is >always< bolted on, instead of supported out-of-the-box.