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+;; A temporary test file, let's try to get an API going here before writing too much support code
+
+see: https://clojure.github.io/clojure/clojure.core-api.html#clojure.core/compare-and-set!
+initial operations to support:
+- create atomic
+- ref atomic
+- swap, see https://clojure.github.io/clojure/clojure.core-api.html#clojure.core/swap!
+- compare and swap?
+
+
+once that starts going, double-back to how to allocate shared objects effectively.
+probably want a (make-shared)
+may also way a way to allocate multiple shared objects at once (since a minor GC will likely be req'd)