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-Conlang: Expression-oriented programming language
+# Conlang: Expression-Oriented Programming Language
+This project began out of a desire to merge functional-style control flow expressions 
+with Python's fun for-else/while-else syntax. I fully intend to devote my spare time
+to conlang for the forseeable future, and I livestream development on Twitch for one 
+Friday each month.
 
-TODO: the language
+## Immediate Goals:
+- [x] Decide on a minimal set of keywords and operators to support
+- [x] Lex an entire Rust source file (minus generics, paths, and lifetimes)
+- [x] Write expression grammar
+- [ ] Write AST for expression grammar
+- [ ] Write parser for AST
+- [ ] Create tests for parser (and AST)
+- [ ] Parse `dummy.cl` into a valid AST
+- [ ] Pretty printer, for debugging
+- [ ] Create minimal statement grammar
+  - [ ] Variable definition statements
+  - [ ] Function definition statements
+
+## Short Goals:
+- [ ] `for` loops and `while` loops can be used on the right-hand side of an assignment
+- [ ] Expression type-checker
+- [ ] AST-walk interpreter for prototyping and debugging
+- [ ] Three-reference bytecode VM for standard library development
+- [ ] Semicolons are not given special treatment
+
+## Long Goals:
+- [ ] Compile to LLVM IR
+- [ ] Create a standard library for the language, with Rust-like