diff --git a/in-progress/latl-primitives.scm b/in-progress/latl-primitives.scm
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+(article
+ (hgroup
+  (h1 "latl primitives")
+  (p (em "what will latl provide out of the box?")))
+ (p
+  ;; show some diagrams of what is needed. no pseudocode.
+  ;; 
+  "")
+ (section
+  (hgroup
+   (h2 "")
+   (p (em "")))
+  "")
+ )
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