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+module Simplex.Chat.Picolisp where
+
+import qualified Control.Exception as E
+import Control.Monad
+import Foreign
+import Foreign.C
+
+-- int picolisp(char*, int, int, char**);
+foreign import ccall "picolisp" c_picolisp_init :: Ptr CChar -> CInt -> CInt -> Ptr CString -> IO CInt
+
+-- char *evaluate(char*);
+foreign import ccall "evaluate" c_picolisp_evaluate :: CString -> IO CString
+
+-- void reflect(void*, char*);
+foreign import ccall "reflect" c_picolisp_reflect :: Ptr () -> CString -> IO ()
+
+-- void stoplisp(void);
+foreign import ccall "stoplisp" c_picolisp_stop :: IO ()
+
+picolispInit :: Int -> [String] -> IO ()
+picolispInit size args = do
+  stack <- mallocBytes size
+  c_args <- mapM newCString args
+  rc <- withArray c_args $ \arr ->
+    c_picolisp_init stack (fromIntegral size) (fromIntegral $ length args) arr
+  mapM_ free c_args
+  when (rc == 0) $ do
+    free stack
+    E.throwIO $ userError "picolisp init failed"
+
+picolispEvaluate :: String -> IO String
+picolispEvaluate code = withCString code $ \s -> do
+  r <- c_picolisp_evaluate s
+  res <- peekCString r
+  free r
+  pure res
+
+picolispStop :: IO ()
+picolispStop = c_picolisp_stop