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Don't Call Me ISML

Well, it appears that the ISML acronym is already a bit overloaded: https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/ISML.  That's OK. I'll just change it to ISHML, which stands for Interactive Story Hypertext Modeling Language.  You can still call it "Ishmael," though.

This is actually more descriptive of what this language is turning out to be: some custom HTML elements that when combined with the ISHML story engine creates an Interactive Fiction experience in you web browser.

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