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+# fur
+
+Fur is a programming language for the next millenium. In 1000 years, humans will likely still like
+furry animals, so Fur is named in their honor.
+
+Example Fur programs are in the `examples/` folder. The main compiler (`main.py`) compiles Fur
+programs to C. An example of usage:
+
+    ~/fur$ python3 main.py examples/01_hello.fur
+    ~/fur$ gcc examples/01_hello.fur.c 
+    ~/fur$ ./a.out
+    Hello, world~/fur$ 
+
+Fur is GPL and will only ever target GPL compilers. Fur supports closures, integer math, boolean
+logic, and strings (implemented as [ropes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(data_structure\))). It
+doesn't yet support exceptions, multithreading, modules, or anything resembling a standard library.
+If that sounds like something you want to use in production code, good luck to you.