feat: experiment with different implementations of LSEQ

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+# L-SEQ - Fractional Indexing for List CRDTs
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+This repository contains implementations of the L-SEQ algorithm for fractional indexing, used to create naive list CRDTs (Conflict-free Replicated Data Types). L-SEQ provides a way to generate unique, sortable identifiers that can be inserted between any two existing identifiers, making it ideal for collaborative editing and distributed systems.
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+## Implementations
+
+- **TypeScript**: `@peoplesgrocers/lseq` - Located in the `typescript/` directory
+- **Rust**: `peoplesgrocers-lseq` - Located in the `rust/` directory
+
+## What is L-SEQ?
+
+L-SEQ is a sequence CRDT that uses fractional indexing to maintain a total order of elements in a distributed system. It allows multiple users to concurrently insert elements into a list without conflicts, automatically resolving the order based on the generated identifiers.
+
+## Usage
+
+Each implementation provides:
+- Allocation of new identifiers between existing ones
+- Comparison functions for sorting
+- Serialization to/from strings
+
+See the individual directories for language-specific documentation and examples.
+
+## References
+
+This library implements:
+
+[Brice Nédelec, Pascal Molli, Achour Mostefaoui, Emmanuel Desmontils. LSEQ: an Adaptive Structure
+for Sequences in Distributed Collaborative Editing. 13th ACM Symposium on Document Engineering
+(DocEng), Sep 2013, Florence, Italy. pp.37–46, 10.1145/2494266.2494278. hal-00921633](https://hal.science/hal-00921633/document)
+
+I recommend also reading:
+
+[Marc Shapiro, Nuno Preguiça, Carlos Baquero, Marek Zawirski. A comprehensive study of Conver-
+gent and Commutative Replicated Data Types. [Research Report] RR-7506, Inria – Centre Paris-
+Rocquencourt; INRIA. 2011, pp.50. inria-00555588](https://inria.hal.science/inria-00555588/document)