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 # pyguile
 Invoke Python libraries from Guile
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+## Introduction
+This is PyGuile, a library for running Python code within Guile scripts.
+
+## Background
+One of the problems, which less popular scripting languages encounter,
+is the lack of libraries for performing various operations.
+Most frequently, those libraries are available - but for another scripting
+language.
+
+As a first step to alleviate this problem, PyGuile allows scripts written
+in Scheme and executed by Guile to invoke Python libraries.  This makes
+the rich library ecosystem of Python available also to Guile users.
+
+## Audience
+If you think that Scheme is the best programming language in which to
+implement your application, but you are held back due to lack of libraries
+for performing certain operations, then PyGuile may be the answer for
+you.
+
+## Building
+See INSTALL for a description of how to build and install this library.
+
+### Note
+The initial version has not been maintained since 2008 and will probably not work with modern versions of Guile.
+
+## Executable
+There is no executable in this package.  To run it, just run guile and
+execute the (use-modules (pyguile)) command.