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+//calculate the nth fibonacci number, and print it
+//can't use functions yet
+
+var counter: int = 0;
+
+var first: int = 1;
+var second: int = 0;
+
+while (counter < 100_000) {
+        var third: int = first + second;
+        first = second;
+        second = third;
+
+        print third;
+
+        ++counter;
+}
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