diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
-# blang
+```
+ _     _                       _
+| |   / |                     / /
+| |__| ||__ _ _ __   __ _    / /
+| '_ | |/  ' | '_ \ / _' |  / /
+| \_|| | ||  | | | | /_| | /_/
+ \___/_____/___| |__,_  / _
+                  |____/  */
+```
+# blang!
+the bang language
 
-bang language
\ No newline at end of file
+Public domain. 2022 DTB.
+
+# Examples
+
+## true(1)
+```
+^ ; initialize state to 0
+% ; store state (0) into *stack
+; stack is destroyed, state becomes the final value of *stack
+; when the stack is destroyed, the program exits with the value of state
+$
+```
+
+## Hello world:
+```
+; the <.> construct uses '<' to store the next value literally into state,
+; does so, and uses '>' to output state literally
+<H><e><l><l><o><,>< ><w><o><r><l><d><!><
+>^%$
+```
diff --git a/blang.c b/blang.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55f7ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blang.c
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+static unsigned char get = 0;
+static unsigned char _stack[4];
+static unsigned char *stack = _stack;
+static unsigned char *state;
+
+int main(){
+	int c;
+	while((c = getchar()) != EOF){
+		if(stack == (unsigned char *)0)
+			return (char)state;
+		if(get){
+			state = (char *)c;
+			get = 0;
+			continue;
+		}
+		switch(c){
+	case ' ':
+	case '\n':
+	case '\r':
+	case '\t':
+	case '\v':
+		break;
+	case '!': state = stack; break;
+	case '$': stack = state; state = (char *)*_stack; break;
+	case '%': *stack = (char)state; break;
+	case '^': state = (char *)0; break;
+	case '+': ++(char)state; break;
+	case '-': --(char)state; break;
+	case '>': putchar((char)state); break;
+	case '<': get = 1; break;
+	case ':':
+		  while((c = getchar()) != '\n')
+			  if(c == EOF)
+				  goto fin;
+		  break;
+		}
+	}
+fin:	return 1;
+}