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+# tree-sitter-tiger
+
+Tiger grammar for [tree-sitter](https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter).
+
+It includes extensions to the language that are specific to the EPITA dialect of
+Tiger: meta-variables, and Object Oriented syntax.
+
+## References
+
+- [EPITA's Tiger assignment website](https://assignments.lrde.epita.fr/)
+- [Official website for A. W. Appel's book](https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~appel/modern/)