From c4e49c4679853b489d36f2195f0b1dad97428a6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kayne Ruse <kayneruse@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2022 12:12:19 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Added an example to the main page

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 README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3916e4..ffa210b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ The Toy programming language is a procedural bytecode-intermediate interpreted l
 
 The host will provide all of the extensions needed on a case-by-case basis. Script files have the `.toy` file extension, while binary files have the `.tb` file extension.
 
+```
+fn makeCounter() { //declare a function like this
+	var total: int = 0; //declare a variable with a type like this
+
+	fn counter(): int { //declare a return type like this
+		return ++total;
+	}
+
+	return counter; //closures are explicitly supported
+}
+
+var tally = makeCounter();
+
+print tally(); //1
+print tally(); //2
+print tally(); //3
+```
+
 # Nifty Features
 
 * Simple C-like syntax