@@ -38,6 +38,31 @@ These files are all committed but also added to `.gitignore` and removed by

 [`sandmark-output.txt`]: sandmark-output.txt

 [`um-spec.txt`]: um-spec.txt

+### Mostly Vetted Platterer (MVP)

+

+I have completed the first version of the implementation, see [`um.cpp`][].

+

+It is as pure as I can make it. If someone wants a concise, readable,

+programmatic description of the spec this is the version they should look at

+(though reading the spec "blind" is a pleasure).

+

+The `um()` function is 45 self-contained lines. 65 lines total in the file, the

+difference being `#include`s and a 11 line `main` to deal with the ugliness of

+the outside world. Note that guardrails are only present in `main`, if the

+scroll itself has bugs there might be [UB][] galore (which is in spec).

+

+I have added a `um` [Makefile][] target, which is a dependency of the default

+`all` target:

+

+```sh

+make um

+# or simply

+make

+```

+

+[`um.cpp`]: um.cpp

+[UB]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undefined_behavior

+

 ## License

 Licensed under the [ISC License][] unless otherwise noted, see the

@@ -5,6 +5,39 @@ Research notes regarding the [Cult of the Bound Variable][] and affiliates.

 [`boundvariable`]: https://git.rcrnstn.net/rcrnstn/cult-of-the-bound-variable

 [Cult of the Bound Variable]: http://boundvariable.org

+## Universal Machine (UM)

+

+### An puzzling appeal

+

+The association of amateur computational archaeolinguistics, of which I am

+a/the member, has heard the call of Professor Emeritus Harry Q. Bovik and

+intend to contribute to the [task][] outlined if we can.

+

+As an archaeolinguist my first instinct is to sort through what we know so far

+and archive it locally, I hope Professor Bovik doesn't not mind. I also hope

+you like [AWK][]. The [`Makefile`][] now downloads/generates the following:

+

+-   [`task.txt`][]: Slightly trimmed plain text version of the task.

+-   [`sha1sums.txt`][]: File hashes extracted from the task.

+-   [`codex-key.txt`][]: Codex key extracted from the task.

+-   `codex.umz`: The codex.

+-   `sandmark.umz`: The benchmark.

+-   [`sandmark-output.txt`][]: Expected output of the benchmark.

+-   [`um-spec.txt`][]: Specification for the Universal Machine.

+-   `um.um`: CMU Reference implementation of the Universal Machine.

+

+These files are all committed but also added to `.gitignore` and removed by

+`make clean`.

+

+[tasks]: http://www.boundvariable.org/task.shtml

+[AWK]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWK

+[`Makefile`]: Makefile

+[`task.txt`]: task.txt

+[`sha1sums.txt`]: sha1sums.txt

+[`codex-key.txt`]: codex-key.txt

+[`sandmark-output.txt`]: sandmark-output.txt

+[`um-spec.txt`]: um-spec.txt

+

 ## License

 Licensed under the [ISC License][] unless otherwise noted, see the

@@ -4,3 +4,11 @@ Research notes regarding the [Cult of the Bound Variable][] and affiliates.

 [`boundvariable`]: https://git.rcrnstn.net/rcrnstn/cult-of-the-bound-variable

 [Cult of the Bound Variable]: http://boundvariable.org

+

+## License

+

+Licensed under the [ISC License][] unless otherwise noted, see the

+[`LICENSE`][] file.

+

+[ISC License]: https://choosealicense.com/licenses/isc

+[`LICENSE`]: LICENSE

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@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@

+# [`boundvariable`][]

+

+Research notes regarding the [Cult of the Bound Variable][] and affiliates.

+

+[`boundvariable`]: https://git.rcrnstn.net/rcrnstn/cult-of-the-bound-variable

+[Cult of the Bound Variable]: http://boundvariable.org