# Zisp Manual This document explains the Zisp language and its implementation. Zisp intentionally blurs the line between developers and users of the language. After all, Zisp is software, and its users are software developers; the easiest way to explain *why* Zisp does certain things is often to explain *how* it does them. That doesn't mean this manual will walk you through the source code line by line. Instead, consider this a documentation of the implementation at large, doubling as a language reference. ## Table of Contents 0. [Chapter 0: Genesis](./0/) 0. [Value](./0/0-value.html) 1. [Parse](./0/1-parse.html) 2. [Decode](./0/2-decode.html) 3. [Execute](./0/3-execute.html) 4. [Compile](./0/4-compile.html) 1. [Chapter 1: Taxonomy](./1/) 0. ... 1. ... 2. [Chapter 2: ...](./2/)