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 **machinarium**
 
-Fast cooperative multitasking library.
+Machinarium allows to create fast networked and
+event-driven asynchronous applications in synchronous/procedural
+manner instead of using traditional callback approach.
 
-The library can be used to simplify programming of a complex<br>
-asynchronous applications.
-
-WIP
+The library is based on using and combining OS threads
+(pthreads) and efficient cooperative multi-tasking primitives
+(coroutines).