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 4. **Language-agnostic** - structural tokens (`@`, `>`, `?`, `^`, `~`, `!`, `$`) over English words
 
 See the [manifesto](https://ilo-lang.ai/docs/manifesto/) for full rationale.
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+## Author
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+Built by [Daniel John Morris](https://danieljohnmorris.com), Technology Director at Cubitts. ilo is the language I wanted while building with LLMs and AI agents.