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(lent "abc")

lent counts the characters of a tape.

glossary

%: calls a gate with several arguments, gathering them into one sample.

%:(add 2 3) is 5.

irregular forms:

(gate a b c) is %:(gate a b c)

lent is how many elements a list has.

(lent `(list @)`~[8 9 10]) is 3.