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 # Forglang
 
+### About
+Forglang is an esoteric programming language (similar to [brainfuck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck)), whose distinguishing feature is non-linear code execution.
+
 ## Documentation
 Control flow begins at the 'forg', or @ symbol. Every iteration of the program, the forg will jump to a new command given by:
 
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 To run a forglang program, use the
 ```.\forglang.exe <path>```, passing the path to your script as an argument. For example, ```.\forglang.exe add.forg``` executes the forglang program [add.forg](add.forg) in the command line.
 
-Additionally, you can pass the `-d` flag to reveal debugging information when the program terminates.
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+Additionally, you can pass the `-d` flag to reveal debugging information when the program terminates.