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# Modal
[Modal](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/modal) is a language based a model of computation that uses pattern matching and replacement to rewrite trees.
All Modal code is represented as a series of rules applied to a given tree, formatted textually as tokens delimited with parenthesis, which gets continually modified until no rules match any given part of the tree.
## Build
```
cc src/modal.c -o bin/modal
```
## Run
```
bin/modal examples/hello.modal
-v Print version
-q Quiet mode, no step printing
-p Print summary with refs count
-a Allow files to be imported
-n Infinite mode, no rewrites limit
```
## Credits
Created by [wryl](https://wryl.tech/), Paradigital.