Initial feature set complete.

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+# calog script API reference
+
+Every function below is a **native** that calog registers into each engine, so a script in
+any language can call it. This reference covers the natives the `calog` runner and its
+libraries expose. (For the C embedding API -- `calogCreate`, `calogRegister`, `calogFnInvoke`,
+etc. -- see the README and `src/calog.h`.)
+
+## Conventions
+
+- **Calling syntax per engine.** Most engines call a native by its bare name --
+  `cryptoUuid()`, `kvSet("k", 1)`. Two differ:
+  - **Wren**: `Calog.call("name", [args])`, e.g. `Calog.call("kvSet", ["k", 1])`.
+  - **Scheme (s7)**: s-expression form, `(kvSet "k" 1)`.
+- **Output & exit** (provided by the `calog` runner): `calogPrint(...)` writes to stdout;
+  `calogExit([code])` tears everything down and exits. calog is event-driven, so a script
+  must call `calogExit` (or be interrupted) to end -- a finished top level does not exit.
+- **Values.** Arguments and results marshal through one canonical type: nil, bool, integer,
+  real, string, list, and map (keyed record). Strings are **binary-safe** (may contain
+  embedded NULs) everywhere the underlying library allows it.
+- **Handles** (db connections, sockets, ssh sessions) are opaque values owned by the context
+  that created them; do not share a live handle across contexts.
+- **Callbacks.** Natives that take a *function* argument (`psSubscribe`, `timerAfter`,
+  `timerEvery`, `calogExport`) accept a first-class function value. All engines support this,
+  including my-basic (a top-level `def` or `lambda`; see `vendor/ourbasic`).
+- **Availability.** Every library in this reference is compiled into `bin/calog`: crypto,
+  json, kv, fs, time, timer, export, pubsub, task, net (TCP / UDP / ENet), db (SQLite /
+  PostgreSQL / MySQL), http, and ssh. ssh needs a reachable server; http needs a reachable
+  endpoint.
+
+---
+
+## Runner (`calog` binary)
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `calogPrint(...)` | Write each argument to stdout, space-separated, with a trailing newline. |
+| `calogExit([code])` | Tear down the runtime and exit the process with `code` (default `0`). |
+
+## crypto
+
+Binary-safe cryptographic primitives over OpenSSL.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `cryptoHashSha256(data) -> hex` | SHA-256 as a 64-char lowercase hex digest. |
+| `cryptoHashSha1(data) -> hex` | SHA-1 as a 40-char lowercase hex digest. |
+| `cryptoHmacSha256(key, data) -> hex` | HMAC-SHA-256 as 64-char lowercase hex. |
+| `cryptoRandomBytes(count) -> bytes` | `count` cryptographically-random bytes (binary string). |
+| `cryptoBase64Encode(data) -> text` | Base64-encode. |
+| `cryptoBase64Decode(text) -> data` | Base64-decode (trailing whitespace tolerated). |
+| `cryptoHexEncode(data) -> text` | Lowercase hex encode. |
+| `cryptoHexDecode(hexText) -> data` | Hex decode (case-insensitive). |
+| `cryptoUuid() -> string` | A random RFC 4122 version-4 UUID string. |
+
+## db
+
+SQL over SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL/MariaDB. Parameters are always **bound** (never
+string-spliced), so queries are injection-safe. Values marshal as: NULL <-> nil, integers/
+reals as-is, text and BLOBs as binary-safe strings.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `dbOpen(driver, conn) -> handle` | Open a connection. `driver` is `"sqlite"`, `"postgres"`, or `"mysql"`. `conn` is a SQLite path or `":memory:"`, a libpq conninfo, or a MySQL `key=value ...` string. |
+| `dbExec(handle, sql, ...params) -> rowsAffected` | Run a non-query statement with bound params; returns rows affected. |
+| `dbQuery(handle, sql, ...params) -> rows` | Run a query; returns a list of `{column: value}` row maps. |
+| `dbClose(handle)` | Close the connection. |
+
+## export
+
+Share a function by name across contexts and engines.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `calogExport(name, fn)` | Publish function `fn` under a global `name`. |
+| `calogUnexport(name)` | Remove an exported name. |
+| `calogCall(name, ...args) -> result` | Call an exported function by name -- works in **every** engine. (On hook engines -- Lua/JS/Squirrel/s7 -- an export is also reachable by its bare name.) |
+
+## fs
+
+POSIX filesystem access. A failed operation raises a catchable script error carrying
+`strerror(errno)`.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `fsRead(path) -> string` | Read a whole file (binary-safe). |
+| `fsWrite(path, data)` | Create/truncate and write `data`. |
+| `fsAppend(path, data)` | Create if absent, append at the end. |
+| `fsExists(path) -> bool` | Whether the path exists. |
+| `fsRemove(path)` | Unlink a file. |
+| `fsMkdir(path)` | Create one directory level (existing dir is OK). |
+| `fsList(path) -> list` | Entry name strings, excluding `.` and `..`. |
+| `fsStat(path) -> map` | `{size, isDir, isFile, mtime}`, or nil if the path is absent. |
+
+## http
+
+Minimal HTTP/1.1 client over `http://` and `https://`. Each call is its own connection
+(`Connection: close`); redirects are not followed. `https://` verifies the server certificate
+against the system CA store by default.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `httpGet(url) -> map` | GET a URL. Returns `{status, body, headers}` (headers keyed by lowercased name). |
+| `httpRequest(opts) -> map` | `opts` is `{method (default "GET"), url, headers (map), body, insecure (bool)}`. `insecure=true` skips TLS verification. Returns `{status, body, headers}`. |
+
+## json
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `jsonParse(text) -> value` | Parse JSON: object -> map, array -> list, number -> int or real, string, true/false, null -> nil. |
+| `jsonStringify(value) -> text` | Serialize a value to compact JSON text. |
+
+## kv
+
+A process-wide, thread-safe store shared by every context and engine. Holds **data only** (a
+function value is rejected). Keys are binary-safe.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `kvSet(key, value)` | Store a deep copy of `value` under `key` (replaces any existing). |
+| `kvGet(key) -> value` | A deep copy of the stored value, or nil if absent. |
+| `kvHas(key) -> bool` | Whether the key is present. |
+| `kvDelete(key)` | Remove the key (no error if absent). |
+| `kvKeys() -> list` | A list of the stored keys (strings). |
+
+## net
+
+Three first-class transports -- **TCP**, **UDP**, and **ENet** (reliable/ordered delivery
+over UDP) -- all always available. Payloads are binary-safe strings. Blocking calls
+(`tcpAccept`/`tcpRecv`/`udpRecvFrom`/`enetService`) stall only the calling context's thread.
+
+TCP and UDP:
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `tcpConnect(host, port) -> handle` | Connect to a TCP server. |
+| `tcpListen(port) -> handle` | Listen on a TCP port. |
+| `tcpAccept(handle) -> handle` | Block for a client; returns a connection handle. |
+| `tcpSend(handle, data) -> bytesSent` | Send all of `data`. |
+| `tcpRecv(handle, maxBytes) -> data` | Read up to `maxBytes`; nil at end of stream. |
+| `tcpClose(handle)` | Close a socket. |
+| `udpOpen(port) -> handle` | Open a UDP socket (`port` 0 = ephemeral). |
+| `udpSendTo(handle, host, port, data) -> bytesSent` | Send a datagram. |
+| `udpRecvFrom(handle, maxBytes) -> map` | Receive one datagram: `{data, host, port}`. |
+| `udpClose(handle)` | Close a UDP socket. |
+
+ENet (reliable UDP -- ordered, reliable channels over UDP):
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `enetHost(port, maxPeers) -> hostHandle` | Create an ENet host. |
+| `enetConnect(hostHandle, host, port, channels) -> peerHandle` | Initiate a connection to a peer. |
+| `enetService(hostHandle, timeoutMs) -> event` | Poll for one event within `timeoutMs`. Returns `{type, ...}` where `type` is `"none"`, `"connect"`, `"receive"` (with `peer`, `channel`, `data`), or `"disconnect"`. |
+| `enetSend(peerHandle, channel, data, reliable)` | Queue a packet on a channel; `reliable` is a bool. |
+| `enetDisconnect(peerHandle)` | Begin disconnecting a peer. |
+| `enetClose(hostHandle)` | Destroy an ENet host. |
+
+## pubsub
+
+Deliver a message to every subscriber of a topic, across contexts and engines. Delivery is
+synchronous; each subscriber runs on its own context's thread and gets a deep copy of the
+message. Keep publish graphs acyclic.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `psSubscribe(topic, fn) -> id` | Register `fn` to receive messages published on `topic`. |
+| `psUnsubscribe(id)` | Drop the subscription with that id. |
+| `psPublish(topic, msg) -> count` | Deliver a copy of `msg` to every subscriber; returns how many were invoked. |
+
+## ssh
+
+SSH/SFTP over libssh2. Requires a reachable SSH server. Payloads are binary-safe.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `sshConnect(host[, port]) -> handle` | Connect (port defaults to 22). |
+| `sshAuthPassword(handle, user, password) -> bool` | Password authentication. |
+| `sshAuthKey(handle, user, privateKeyPath[, publicKeyPath, passphrase]) -> bool` | Public-key authentication. |
+| `sshExec(handle, command) -> map` | Run a remote command: `{stdout, stderr, exitCode}`. |
+| `sshClose(handle)` | Close the session. |
+| `sftpGet(handle, remotePath) -> data` | Read a remote file whole (binary-safe). |
+| `sftpPut(handle, remotePath, data)` | Create/truncate a remote file (mode 0644). |
+| `sftpList(handle, path) -> list` | `[{name, size, isDir}, ...]`. |
+| `sftpStat(handle, path) -> map` | `{size, isDir}`, or nil if the path is missing. |
+| `sftpRemove(handle, path)` | Remove a remote file. |
+| `sftpMkdir(handle, path)` | Create a remote directory (mode 0755). |
+
+## task
+
+Launch and manage other calog script contexts. Tasks are fire-and-forget: a spawned context
+runs on its own thread; results come back through host natives or the shared kv/pubsub. A
+task is owned by the context that spawned it, and only that owner may `taskEval`/`taskClose`.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `taskSpawn(engine, code) -> handle` | Run a code string on a named engine (`"lua"`, `"javascript"`, `"squirrel"`, `"mybasic"`, `"berry"`, `"scheme"`, `"wren"`). |
+| `taskLoad(baseName) -> handle` | Launch a script *file* (engine chosen by extension). |
+| `taskEval(handle, code)` | Feed more code into a running task (runs on its thread). |
+| `taskClose(handle)` | Stop a task (cooperative: waits for its thread to exit). |
+| `taskSelf() -> id` | The calling script's own context id. |
+| `taskCount() -> n` | Number of tasks this library currently holds open. |
+
+## time
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `timeNow() -> real` | Wall-clock epoch seconds, fractional (CLOCK_REALTIME). |
+| `timeMonotonic() -> real` | Seconds from an unspecified origin (CLOCK_MONOTONIC); use for intervals. |
+| `timeSleep(ms)` | Block the calling context for `ms` milliseconds. |
+
+## timer
+
+One background thread drives every timer; each callback runs on the context that created the
+timer.
+
+| Function | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `timerAfter(ms, fn) -> id` | Fire `fn` once, `ms` milliseconds from now. |
+| `timerEvery(ms, fn) -> id` | Fire `fn` every `ms` milliseconds. |
+| `timerCancel(id)` | Stop a pending or repeating timer. |
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@ -28,38 +28,79 @@ SOFTWARE.

 ## Third-party components

-calog vendors the following scripting engines under `vendor/`, built from
-source. Each is distributed under its own license (MIT unless noted), which
-applies to its files; the full text ships alongside each engine's source.
+calog vendors its dependencies under `vendor/`, each built from source. Every
+dependency is distributed under its own license, and the full license text
+ships alongside that dependency's source at the path shown below. All are
+permissive (MIT / BSD / Apache-2.0 / PostgreSQL / public domain) **except**
+MariaDB Connector/C, which is **LGPL-2.1** -- see the note under the database
+libraries below.

- **Lua 5.4** — Copyright (C) 1994-2023 Lua.org, PUC-Rio. MIT License.
-  `vendor/lua/` (see `vendor/lua/README` and the notice in `src/lua.h`).
+### Scripting engines

- **QuickJS-ng** (JavaScript) — Copyright (c) 2017-2024 Fabrice Bellard, Charlie
-  Gordon, and QuickJS-ng contributors. MIT License. `vendor/quickjs/quickjs.h`.
+- **Lua 5.4** -- MIT License. Copyright (C) 1994-2023 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
+  `vendor/lua/` (notice in `src/lua.h`).

- **Squirrel 3.2** — Copyright (c) 2003-2022 Alberto Demichelis. MIT License.
+- **QuickJS-ng** (JavaScript) -- MIT License. Copyright (c) 2017-2024 Fabrice
+  Bellard, Charlie Gordon, and QuickJS-ng contributors. `vendor/quickjs/quickjs.h`.
+
+- **Squirrel 3.2** -- MIT License. Copyright (c) 2003-2022 Alberto Demichelis.
  `vendor/squirrel-src/COPYRIGHT`.

- **MY-BASIC** — Copyright (C) 2011-2026 Tony Wang. MIT License. Notice in
-  `vendor/mybasic/myBasic.h`.
+- **our-basic** -- calog's fork of MY-BASIC. MIT License. Copyright (C)
+  2011-2026 Tony Wang. `vendor/ourbasic/` (license notice in `ourBasic.h`). The
+  fork's changes are catalogued in `vendor/ourbasic/NOTICE` and
+  `vendor/ourbasic/CHANGELOG`; the pristine upstream source is preserved as
+  `vendor/ourbasic/ourBasic.c.upstream`.

-  > Note: `vendor/mybasic/myBasic.c` carries one small calog patch (making the
-  > global allocation counter `_Atomic` so interpreters are thread-safe); the
-  > unmodified original is preserved as `vendor/mybasic/myBasic.c.orig`.
+- **s7 Scheme** -- BSD Zero-Clause License (0BSD; `SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD`).
+  Copyright (c) Bill Schottstaedt; derived from TinyScheme 1.39. `vendor/s7/s7.c`.

- **s7 Scheme** — Copyright (c) Bill Schottstaedt and s7 contributors. BSD-style
-  license (TinyScheme lineage: use for any purpose, no royalty). Notice in
-  `vendor/s7/s7.c`.
+- **Wren 0.4.0** -- MIT License. Copyright (c) 2013-2021 Robert Nystrom and Wren
+  Contributors. Notice in `vendor/wren/wren.c` and `vendor/wren/wren.h`.

- **Wren** — Copyright (c) 2013-2021 Robert Nystrom and Wren Contributors. MIT
-  License. `vendor/wren/LICENSE` (amalgamated into `vendor/wren/wren.c`).
+  > Note: `vendor/wren/wren.c` and `wren.h` carry one small calog patch adding a
+  > public C map-key iterator (`wrenGetMapCapacity` / `wrenGetMapEntry`), which
+  > upstream Wren lacks; it mirrors Wren's own internal `map_iterate`. The
+  > additions are bracketed by `--- calog patch ---` comments. Re-apply them if
+  > the amalgamation is regenerated from upstream (`util/generate_amalgamation.py`).

-  > Note: `vendor/wren/wren.c` and `wren.h` carry one small calog patch adding a public
-  > C map-key iterator (`wrenGetMapCapacity` / `wrenGetMapEntry`), which upstream Wren
-  > lacks; it mirrors Wren's own internal `map_iterate`. The additions are bracketed by
-  > `--- calog patch ---` comments. Re-apply them if the amalgamation is regenerated from
-  > upstream (`util/generate_amalgamation.py`).
+- **Berry** -- MIT License. Copyright (c) 2018-2022 Guan Wenliang and Berry
+  contributors. Notice in `vendor/berry/src/berry.h`.

- **Berry** — Copyright (c) 2018-2026 Guan Wenliang and Berry contributors. MIT
-  License. `vendor/berry/` (see the upstream `LICENSE`).
+### Database, network, and cryptography libraries
+
+All of the following are linked into the default build and into `bin/calog`.
+`bin/calog` ships with all three SQL drivers (`dbOpen("sqlite" | "postgres" |
+"mysql", ...)`).
+
+- **SQLite 3.53.3** -- Public Domain. The SQLite source is dedicated to the
+  public domain; in lieu of a license it carries a blessing ("May you do good
+  and not evil..."). `vendor/sqlite/sqlite3.c`.
+
+- **PostgreSQL / libpq** -- The PostgreSQL License (a permissive, MIT-style
+  license). Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2026 PostgreSQL Global Development Group;
+  Portions Copyright (c) 1994 The Regents of the University of California.
+  `vendor/postgres/COPYRIGHT`.
+
+- **MariaDB Connector/C** -- GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
+  (LGPL-2.1). Copyright (c) MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
+  `vendor/mariadb/COPYING.LIB`.
+
+- **ENet** -- MIT License. Copyright (c) 2002-2024 Lee Salzman.
+  `vendor/enet/LICENSE`.
+
+- **OpenSSL 3.5.7** -- Apache License 2.0. Copyright (c) The OpenSSL Project
+  Authors. `vendor/openssl/LICENSE.txt`.
+
+- **libssh2 1.11.1** -- BSD-3-Clause License. Copyright (c) 2004-2023 Daniel
+  Stenberg, Sara Golemon, The Written Word, Inc., and other contributors (full
+  list in the file). `vendor/libssh2/COPYING`.
+
+> **Note on the database backends and LGPL.** MariaDB Connector/C is the only
+> copyleft dependency in the tree. It is **statically linked** into `bin/calog`,
+> which carries the usual LGPL-2.1 obligations for a distributed binary (chiefly,
+> providing the means to relink against a modified Connector/C). SQLite and
+> PostgreSQL/libpq are permissive. A redistributor who wants an entirely
+> permissive binary can build without the MySQL backend -- drop
+> `-DCALOG_WITH_MYSQL` and the `$(MYSQLARCH)` archive from the `bin/calog` link in
+> the Makefile -- and keep SQLite + PostgreSQL.
--- a/37
+++ b/37
@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ VPATH     = src:src/lua:src/mybasic:src/squirrel:src/js:src/berry:src/s7:src/wre

 CORE      = obj/value.o obj/broker.o

-# --- vendored my-basic (C) ---
-MBDIR     = vendor/mybasic
+# --- vendored our-basic: calog's fork of MY-BASIC (see vendor/ourbasic/NOTICE) ---
+MBDIR     = vendor/ourbasic
 MBINC     = -I$(MBDIR)
 MBFLAGS   = -std=gnu11 -w -g -O1 -DMB_DOUBLE_FLOAT

@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ ENETOBJ   = $(foreach n,$(ENETNAMES),obj/enet_$(n).o)

 BINS = bin/testBroker bin/testLua bin/testMyBasic bin/testPolyglot bin/testActor \
       bin/testEngineLua bin/testEngineMyBasic bin/testSquirrel bin/testEngineSquirrel bin/testJs bin/testEngineJs \
-       bin/testEngineBerry bin/testEngineS7 bin/testEngineWren bin/testLoad bin/testDb bin/testNet bin/testTask bin/testExport bin/testJson bin/testTime bin/testFs bin/testCrypto bin/testKv bin/testTimer bin/testPubsub bin/testHttp bin/testHttps bin/embed
+       bin/testEngineBerry bin/testEngineS7 bin/testEngineWren bin/testLoad bin/testDb bin/testNet bin/testTask bin/testExport bin/testJson bin/testTime bin/testFs bin/testCrypto bin/testKv bin/testTimer bin/testPubsub bin/testHttp bin/testHttps bin/embed bin/calog

 all: $(BINS)

@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ $(DBADP): obj/%.o: %.c | obj
 # always enabled -- unlike the DB clients, ENet needs no server)
 NETADP = obj/calogNet.o
 $(NETADP): obj/%.o: %.c | obj
-	$(CC) $(COREFLAGS) $(INC) $(ENETINC) -DCALOG_WITH_ENET -pthread -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(COREFLAGS) $(INC) $(ENETINC) -pthread -c -o $@ $<

 # task library: strict C with every engine name compiled in (it references each engine
 # vtable under its CALOG_WITH_* guard), so a task-using binary links all engine archives.
@ -224,12 +224,17 @@ TASKADP = obj/calogTask.o
 $(TASKADP): obj/%.o: %.c | obj
 	$(CC) $(COREFLAGS) $(INC) $(ENGINEDEFS) -pthread -c -o $@ $<

+# the calog CLI runner: strict C with every engine name compiled in, so
+# calogRegisterBuiltinEngines registers all seven (it links every engine archive + library).
+obj/calogMain.o: calogMain.c src/calog.h | obj
+	$(CC) $(COREFLAGS) $(INC) $(ENGINEDEFS) -pthread -c -o $@ $<
+
 # polyglot test pulls in both Lua and my-basic
 obj/testPolyglot.o: testPolyglot.c | obj
 	$(CC) $(ADPFLAGS) $(INC) $(LUAINC) $(MBINC) -DMB_DOUBLE_FLOAT -c -o $@ $<

 # ---- vendored engine objects (also land in obj/) ----
-obj/myBasic.o: $(MBDIR)/myBasic.c | obj
+obj/ourBasic.o: $(MBDIR)/ourBasic.c | obj
 	$(CC) $(MBFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<

 obj/%.o: $(LUADIR)/src/%.c | obj
@ -277,7 +282,7 @@ lib/libquickjs.a: $(QJSOBJ) | lib
 	ar rcs $@ $^
 lib/libsquirrel.a: $(SQOBJ) | lib
 	ar rcs $@ $^
-lib/libmybasic.a: obj/myBasic.o | lib
+lib/libmybasic.a: obj/ourBasic.o | lib
 	ar rcs $@ $^
 lib/libberry.a: $(BERRYOBJ) | lib
 	ar rcs $@ $^
@ -375,6 +380,18 @@ obj/embed.o: examples/embed.c src/calog.h | obj
 bin/embed: obj/embed.o lib/libcalog.a lib/libquickjs.a | bin
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -pthread -o $@ $^ -lm

+# the calog CLI runner: every engine archive + every library object + their vendored deps.
+# The DB library is compiled with ALL backends (calogDbFull.o: SQLite + PostgreSQL + MySQL/
+# MariaDB), so the shipped runner speaks every driver out of the box. The PG archives need a
+# link group; MariaDB Connector/C is LGPL-2.1, so a redistributor who wants an all-permissive
+# binary can drop the MySQL backend (see LICENSE.md). libssh2 precedes OpenSSL (it depends on
+# it); SSLARCH follows the archives that reference it.
+bin/calog: obj/calogMain.o \
+           obj/calogCrypto.o obj/calogDbFull.o obj/calogExport.o obj/calogFs.o obj/calogHttp.o obj/calogJson.o obj/calogKv.o obj/calogNet.o obj/calogPubsub.o obj/calogSsh.o obj/calogTask.o obj/calogTime.o obj/calogTimer.o obj/calogHandle.o \
+           lib/libcalog.a lib/liblua.a lib/libquickjs.a lib/libsquirrel.a lib/libmybasic.a lib/libberry.a lib/libs7.a lib/libwren.a \
+           lib/libsqlite3.a lib/libenet.a $(LIBSSH2LIB) | bin
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -pthread -o $@ $^ -Wl,--start-group $(PGARCHIVES) -Wl,--end-group $(MYSQLARCH) $(SSLARCH) -lstdc++ -ldl -lm -lpthread
+
 # ---- fully-static build --------------------------------------------------------------
 # A self-contained calog executable with NO shared-library dependencies at runtime. The
 # calog objects are recompiled without sanitizers (ASan does not support -static) into
@ -390,7 +407,7 @@ obj/rel:
 	mkdir -p obj/rel

 $(RELOBJ): obj/rel/%.o: %.c | obj/rel
-	$(CC) $(RELFLAGS) $(INC) $(LUAINC) $(SQLITEINC) $(ENETINC) -DCALOG_WITH_SQLITE -DCALOG_WITH_ENET -pthread -c -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(RELFLAGS) $(INC) $(LUAINC) $(SQLITEINC) $(ENETINC) -DCALOG_WITH_SQLITE -pthread -c -o $@ $<

 obj/rel/staticDemo.o: examples/staticDemo.c src/calog.h libs/calogDb.h libs/calogNet.h | obj/rel
 	$(CC) $(RELFLAGS) $(INC) -pthread -c -o $@ $<
@ -507,12 +524,12 @@ tsanjs: | bin obj
 # process-global state (mb_init singletons, the _mb_allocated counter) is verified
 # across the whole stack -- it races without the engine lock.
 tsanmb: | bin obj
-	$(CC) $(MBFLAGS) -fsanitize=thread -c $(MBDIR)/myBasic.c -o obj/myBasic.tsan.o
+	$(CC) $(MBFLAGS) -fsanitize=thread -c $(MBDIR)/ourBasic.c -o obj/ourBasic.tsan.o
 	$(CC) -std=c11 $(WARN) -g -O1 -fsanitize=thread -pthread $(INC) $(MBINC) -DMB_DOUBLE_FLOAT -o bin/testEngineMyBasicTsan \
 		tests/testEngineMyBasic.c src/mybasic/mybasicEngine.c src/mybasic/mybasicAdapter.c src/context.c src/value.c src/broker.c \
-		obj/myBasic.tsan.o -lm
+		obj/ourBasic.tsan.o -lm
 	setarch -R ./bin/testEngineMyBasicTsan
-	rm -f obj/myBasic.tsan.o
+	rm -f obj/ourBasic.tsan.o

 # ThreadSanitizer build of the Berry engine path: the vendored VM is recompiled under
 # TSan (throwaway objs) so races are caught across the whole stack.
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Swap `&calogJsEngine` for `&calogLuaEngine`, `&calogSquirrelEngine`,
 | Lua 5.4       | `calogLuaEngine`       | `.lua`    |                                         |
 | JavaScript    | `calogJsEngine`        | `.js`     | QuickJS-ng (ES2023+, BigInt → int64)    |
 | Squirrel 3.2  | `calogSquirrelEngine`  | `.nut`    | C++ VM                                  |
-| MY-BASIC      | `calogMyBasicEngine`   | `.bas`    | interpreters serialize at load          |
+| MY-BASIC      | `calogMyBasicEngine`   | `.bas`    | our-basic fork; def/lambda callbacks; loads serialize |
 | Scheme        | `calogS7Engine`        | `.scm`    | s7; 64-bit ints                         |
 | Wren          | `calogWrenEngine`      | `.wren`   | doubles only; call via `Calog.call(…)` |
 | Berry         | `calogBerryEngine`     | `.be`     | scalars + callbacks                     |
@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ A native can return a keyed `CalogValueT` record and **every** engine reads its
 native syntax (`user.name`, `user["name"]`, `(user "name")`), and a script can hand a
 list/map *back* to C on **every** engine. (Wren's C API can't enumerate a map's keys, so
 calog carries a small documented patch to the vendored Wren that adds one.) A host function
-value also crosses *into* a script on every engine but MY-BASIC (which has no first-class
-callable values).
+value also crosses *into* a script on every engine but MY-BASIC (whose value model has no
+slot for a *foreign* callable) -- though a MY-BASIC script can now hand its own `def`/lambda
+routines *out* to a native as a callback (our vendored my-basic fork adds first-class
+routine values; see below).

 You can also bring your own: `CalogEngineT` is a public four-function vtable.

@ -110,6 +112,24 @@ Everything links with `-pthread`.

 ---

+## Running scripts with `calog`
+
+`make` also builds **`bin/calog`**, a ready-to-run interpreter that links every engine and
+library. Point it at one or more script files:
+
+```sh
+bin/calog hello.lua                 # run on the engine its extension selects
+bin/calog config                    # no extension -> search config.lua / .js / .nut / .bas / .be / .scm / .wren
+bin/calog producer.js consumer.lua  # several files share one runtime (kv, pubsub, exports)
+```
+
+Scripts print with `calogPrint(...)` and end by calling `calogExit([code])` (calog is
+event-driven, so a script asks to exit; `Ctrl-C` also works). [`API.md`](API.md) documents
+every native a script can call; [`examples/scripts/`](examples/scripts/) has runnable
+examples across every engine and library, plus polyglot and multi-file demos.
+
+---
+
 ## A complete example

 ```c
--- a/design.md
+++ b/design.md
@ -343,6 +343,19 @@ appends one if absent). While parked there, the loop holds a valid `l`, which it
 `mb_get_routine` returns `MB_FUNC_OK` with a *nil* value when a name is absent, so the
 not-found test is `routine.type != MB_DT_ROUTINE`, not the status code.

+**Update (calog's my-basic fork -- see `vendor/ourbasic/CHANGELOG`).** The live-frame
+requirement is now lifted for the callback direction. The fork adds
+`mb_eval_routine_cold(s, routine, args, argc, ret)`, which invokes a routine value from an
+*idle* interpreter: it supplies the last AST node as a clean return landing (the head
+segfaults) and passes args directly, so no live `l` is needed. Combined with the
+bare-`def`-as-value evaluator patch (a routine identifier not followed by `(` yields the
+routine value instead of "Open bracket expected"), a my-basic script can pass a top-level
+`def`/lambda to `psSubscribe` / `timerAfter` / `calogExport` and have it fired later --
+including cross-engine -- like the other engines. The adapter invokes synchronously via the
+live-frame `mb_eval_routine` when a callback runs inside a serving native call, and via
+`mb_eval_routine_cold` when it is delivered to an idle context. (A callback must be a
+top-level routine; one local to a function still dangles once that function returns.)
+
 ### 5.6 Numeric and identity caveats

 `int_t` is 32-bit unconditionally (64-bit broker ints truncate -- range-check + error or
@ -574,7 +587,7 @@ lives in that state's registry).
 **Build/verify.** Core compiled strict (`-Wconversion -Wsign-conversion`); adapters drop
 those two (engine headers use wide macros) but keep `-Wall -Wextra -Werror`. **All three
 engines are vendored under `vendor/` and built from source** -- `vendor/lua` (Lua 5.4.6,
-library = `src/*.c` minus the `lua.c`/`luac.c` mains), `vendor/mybasic` (my-basic),
+library = `src/*.c` minus the `lua.c`/`luac.c` mains), `vendor/ourbasic` (our-basic, a fork of my-basic),
 `vendor/squirrel-src` (Squirrel 3.2) -- each relaxed and un-sanitized but linked into the
 sanitized binaries so cross-boundary heap misuse is still caught. Nothing depends on a
 system-installed engine or `pkg-config`, so the build is reproducible. The Lua platform
@ -732,7 +745,7 @@ global `_mb_allocated` counter touched on every allocation (forced on in the ven
 header) -- so two my-basic contexts on different threads race (TSan-confirmed). The
 singletons are built once by `mb_init` and read-only thereafter, so the only
 execution-time shared write is that counter; a one-line vendored patch makes it
-`_Atomic` (the original is preserved as `vendor/mybasic/myBasic.c.orig`). With the
+`_Atomic` (the original is preserved as `vendor/ourbasic/ourBasic.c.upstream`). With the
 counter safe, the my-basic *engine* (not the adapter, which stays usable single-threaded
 and lock-free) needs a lock only across *lifecycle* -- `mb_init`'s first-context build,
 `mb_dispose`'s last-context teardown, and the shared context refcount -- and NOT across
@ -972,7 +985,10 @@ Per engine:
  `call` takes a *list* (Wren method arity is fixed, so a list absorbs any argument count);
  finalize releases. Script calls `f.call([...])`. Gotcha: Wren requires newlines between
  class members, so the preamble is multi-line.
- **MY-BASIC**: inherent gap -- BASIC has no first-class callable values to invoke.
+- **MY-BASIC**: gap -- my-basic's value model has no slot for a *foreign* (host) callable,
+  so `calogFnFromNative` can't hand a native *into* a my-basic script. (The reverse now
+  works: calog's my-basic fork makes `def`/lambda routines first-class values a script can
+  pass *out* to a native and have invoked later via `mb_eval_routine_cold` -- see sec 5.5.)

 **Aggregate ingress** (`*ToValue` map/list): Lua/JS/Squirrel/MY-BASIC already read both.
 Added:
--- a/examples/scripts/README.md
+++ b/examples/scripts/README.md
@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# calog example scripts
+
+Small, runnable programs for the `calog` command-line runner (`bin/calog`). Each one is
+verified to run against the built binary. They double as a tour of the engines and the
+built-in libraries.
+
+## Running
+
+```sh
+make                                                   # builds bin/calog (among others)
+
+bin/calog examples/scripts/languages/lua.lua           # run by extension
+bin/calog examples/scripts/apps/uuidGen                # no extension -> searches .lua/.js/.nut/.bas/.be/.scm/.wren
+bin/calog examples/scripts/multifile/producer.js \
+          examples/scripts/multifile/consumer.lua      # several files share one runtime
+```
+
+Conventions every example follows:
+
+- **`calogPrint(...)`** writes to stdout (calog-prefixed so it never clashes with an
+  engine's own `print`/keyword; on Wren it is `Calog.call("calogPrint", [...])`).
+- **`calogExit([code])`** ends the run. calog is event-driven -- a script's top level
+  finishing does not exit the process (it may still have timers/subscriptions live), so a
+  script asks to exit explicitly. `Ctrl-C` also tears things down cleanly.
+- Extensions map to engines: `.lua .js .nut .bas .be .scm .wren`.
+
+## `languages/` -- one guided tour per engine
+
+| file | shows |
+|---|---|
+| `lua.lua` | Lua 5.4: locals, a function, a numeric `for` building a table, then crypto + json natives |
+| `javascript.js` | JavaScript (QuickJS, ES2023): `const`/`let`, arrow fns, `Array.map`/`filter`, template literals, JSON round-trip |
+| `squirrel.nut` | Squirrel: locals, a function, `foreach` over an array, a table, a small class |
+| `mybasic.bas` | my-basic: variables, a `FOR..NEXT` sum, `IF..THEN..ELSE`, plus crypto + kv |
+| `berry.be` | Berry (Python-like): a `def`, a list built with a `for`, a map, then json + uuid |
+| `scheme.scm` | s7 Scheme: a recursive factorial, list build + map, string ops (all in one `(begin ...)`) |
+| `wren.wren` | Wren: a class, a `List`, and every native reached via `Calog.call(name, [args])` |
+
+## `libraries/` -- one focused example per built-in library
+
+| file | library / shows |
+|---|---|
+| `crypto.lua` | crypto: SHA-256/SHA-1, HMAC, base64 + hex round-trips, UUID, random bytes |
+| `cryptoInJs.js` | crypto from JavaScript |
+| `json.lua` | json: parse a nested doc, read fields, stringify a table |
+| `jsonInBerry.be` | json from Berry |
+| `kv.lua` | kv store: set / get / has / keys / delete |
+| `kvInScheme.scm` | kv from s7 Scheme |
+| `fs.lua` | fs: mkdir/write/append/read/stat/list/remove, all in a unique `/tmp` dir |
+| `time.lua` | time: `timeNow`, and measuring a `timeSleep` with `timeMonotonic` |
+| `timer.lua` | timer (Lua callbacks): a `timerAfter` one-shot + a self-cancelling `timerEvery` |
+| `timerInMyBasic.bas` | timer callbacks **in my-basic** -- the our-basic fork makes `def`/lambda first-class |
+| `database.lua` | db: an in-memory SQLite table, bound-parameter inserts, a query + an aggregate |
+| `export.lua` | export: publish a function, call it by name (and, on Lua, by bare name) |
+| `pubsub.lua` | pubsub: two handlers subscribe, publish delivers to both, then unsubscribe |
+| `task.lua` | task: `taskSelf`, spawn a sibling child, `taskCount` |
+| `net.lua` | net: a UDP echo over loopback between a spawned listener and a sender |
+| `http.lua` | http: self-contained -- a spawned child runs a one-shot HTTP/1.1 server, then `httpGet`s it |
+| `ssh.lua` | ssh/sftp: a documented, safe-to-run template (prints guidance if no server is configured) |
+
+## `polyglot/` -- several languages sharing one runtime
+
+| file | shows |
+|---|---|
+| `exportAcrossEngines.lua` | Lua exports a function; a spawned **JavaScript** task calls it |
+| `pubsubAcrossEngines.lua` | Lua subscribes to a topic; a spawned **JavaScript** task publishes to it |
+| `sharedKv.lua` | Lua seeds the shared kv store; a spawned **JavaScript** task reads it back and mutates it |
+| `taskFanout.lua` | one Lua script spawns a task on **five** different engines, each printing in its own language |
+
+## `multifile/` -- multiple script files in one run
+
+Files listed on the `calog` command line run **concurrently in one process** and share the
+same runtime (kv store, pubsub bus, exports). One `calogExit()` from any file ends the run.
+
+```sh
+bin/calog examples/scripts/multifile/producer.js examples/scripts/multifile/consumer.lua
+```
+
+| file | role |
+|---|---|
+| `producer.js` | (JavaScript) writes shared data to kv, then signals `"ready"` on the pubsub bus after a short delay |
+| `consumer.lua` | (Lua) subscribes to `"ready"`, and on the signal reads the shared kv data, prints it, and exits |
+
+## `apps/` -- tiny end-to-end tools
+
+| file | shows |
+|---|---|
+| `uuidGen.lua` | print five random UUIDs |
+| `hashText.lua` | write text to a temp file, read it back, print its SHA-256/SHA-1/length, clean up |
+| `wordCount.js` | word-count a paragraph (totals, uniques, top frequencies), emit the summary as JSON |
--- a/examples/scripts/apps/hashText.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/apps/hashText.lua
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+-- hashText.lua -- tiny hashing tool: write text to a temp file, read it back,
+-- and print its SHA-256, SHA-1, and byte length, then clean up.
+-- run: bin/calog examples/scripts/apps/hashText.lua
+
+local path = "/tmp/hashText-" .. tostring(timeNow()) .. ".txt"
+local text = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
+
+fsWrite(path, text)
+
+local data = fsRead(path)
+
+calogPrint("path:  ", path)
+calogPrint("bytes: ", #data)
+calogPrint("sha256:", cryptoHashSha256(data))
+calogPrint("sha1:  ", cryptoHashSha1(data))
+
+fsRemove(path)
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/apps/uuidGen.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/apps/uuidGen.lua
@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+-- uuidGen.lua -- generate five random UUIDs, one per line.
+-- run: bin/calog examples/scripts/apps/uuidGen.lua
+
+for i = 1, 5 do
+    calogPrint(cryptoUuid())
+end
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/apps/wordCount.js
+++ b/examples/scripts/apps/wordCount.js
@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// wordCount.js -- tiny word-count app in JavaScript.
+// Splits a paragraph into words, counts totals, uniques, and top frequencies,
+// then emits a JSON summary via jsonStringify.
+// Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/apps/wordCount.js
+
+const paragraph =
+    "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog " +
+    "the dog was not amused and the fox did not care " +
+    "the quick fox and the lazy dog became the best of friends";
+
+// Normalize to lowercase and split on any run of non-letters.
+const words = paragraph
+    .toLowerCase()
+    .split(/[^a-z]+/)
+    .filter((w) => w.length > 0);
+
+// Tally frequency of each word.
+const freq = {};
+for (const w of words) {
+    freq[w] = (freq[w] || 0) + 1;
+}
+
+const uniqueWords = Object.keys(freq);
+
+// Rank words by count (descending), then alphabetically for stable ties.
+const ranked = uniqueWords.slice().sort((a, b) => {
+    if (freq[b] !== freq[a]) {
+        return freq[b] - freq[a];
+    }
+    return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
+});
+
+const topFive = ranked.slice(0, 5).map((w) => ({ word: w, count: freq[w] }));
+
+const summary = {
+    totalWords: words.length,
+    uniqueWords: uniqueWords.length,
+    top: topFive,
+};
+
+calogPrint(jsonStringify(summary));
+
+calogExit(0);
--- a/examples/scripts/languages/berry.be
+++ b/examples/scripts/languages/berry.be
@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# A guided tour of Berry (Python-like) running on calog.
+# Demonstrates: a def function, a list built and iterated with a for loop, a map
+# iterated over its keys, then the jsonStringify and cryptoUuid natives.
+# Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/languages/berry.be
+
+# A function.
+def square(n)
+  return n * n
+end
+
+# Build a list of squares with a numeric range for loop.
+var squares = []
+for i : 1..6
+  squares.push(square(i))
+end
+
+# Iterate the list, accumulating a sum.
+var total = 0
+for v : squares
+  total = total + v
+end
+
+# list.concat joins the elements into a readable string.
+calogPrint("squares 1..6 =", squares.concat(", "))
+calogPrint("sum of squares =", total)
+
+# A map (Berry's associative type), iterated over its keys.
+var record = {
+  "language": "Berry",
+  "count":    squares.size(),
+  "total":    total,
+  "id":       cryptoUuid()
+}
+for k : record.keys()
+  calogPrint("  ", k, "=", record[k])
+end
+
+# Serialize the map to JSON with the native.
+calogPrint("json:", jsonStringify(record))
+
+# Tear down and exit cleanly (required -- calog does not auto-exit).
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/languages/javascript.js
+++ b/examples/scripts/languages/javascript.js
@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// Tour of JavaScript (QuickJS ES2023) on calog: const/let, arrow functions,
+// Array.map/filter, template literals, and JSON round-tripping.
+// Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/languages/javascript.js
+
+// const and let bindings.
+const languageName = "JavaScript";
+let engine = "QuickJS ES2023";
+
+// An arrow function.
+const square = (n) => n * n;
+
+// Array.filter then Array.map with an arrow function.
+const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8];
+const evens = numbers.filter((n) => n % 2 === 0);
+const evenSquares = evens.map(square);
+
+// Template literals.
+calogPrint(`Engine: ${languageName} (${engine})`);
+calogPrint(`Evens: ${evens.join(", ")}`);
+calogPrint(`Even squares: ${evenSquares.join(", ")}`);
+
+// Compute a sum with reduce to show more of the standard library.
+const total = evenSquares.reduce((acc, n) => acc + n, 0);
+calogPrint(`Sum of even squares: ${total}`);
+
+// jsonParse a nested object, mutate it, then jsonStringify it back out.
+const source = '{"user":{"name":"Ada","roles":["admin","dev"]},"active":true}';
+const parsed = jsonParse(source);
+parsed.user.roles.push("owner");
+parsed.stats = { evens: evens.length, total: total };
+
+const roundTripped = jsonStringify(parsed);
+calogPrint(`User: ${parsed.user.name}`);
+calogPrint(`Roles: ${parsed.user.roles.join(", ")}`);
+calogPrint(`JSON: ${roundTripped}`);
+
+// Tear down and exit cleanly (required -- calog does not auto-exit).
+calogExit(0);
--- a/examples/scripts/languages/lua.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/languages/lua.lua
@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+-- A guided tour of Lua running on calog.
+-- Demonstrates: local variables, a function, a numeric for loop building a
+-- table, iterating that table, then cryptoHashSha256 and jsonStringify natives.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/languages/lua.lua
+
+-- A local variable.
+local squareCount = 6
+
+-- A function.
+local function square(n)
+    return n * n
+end
+
+-- A numeric for loop that builds a table of squares.
+local squares = {}
+for i = 1, squareCount do
+    squares[i] = square(i)
+end
+
+-- Iterate the table and print each element.
+local total = 0
+for i, v in ipairs(squares) do
+    calogPrint("square of", i, "is", v)
+    total = total + v
+end
+calogPrint("sum of squares 1..6 =", total)
+
+-- Hash a string with the crypto native.
+local message = "calog loves Lua"
+local digest = cryptoHashSha256(message)
+calogPrint("sha256(" .. message .. ") =", digest)
+
+-- Build a small record and serialize it as JSON.
+local record = {
+    language = "lua",
+    version  = "5.4",
+    squares  = squares,
+    total    = total,
+    digest   = digest
+}
+calogPrint("json:", jsonStringify(record))
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/languages/mybasic.bas
+++ b/examples/scripts/languages/mybasic.bas
@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+' A guided tour of my-basic running on calog.
+' Demonstrates: variables, a FOR..NEXT loop that computes a running sum, an
+' IF..THEN..ELSE..ENDIF decision, then the cryptoHashSha256 and kvSet/kvGet
+' natives. my-basic has no first-class functions, so there are no callbacks.
+' Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/languages/mybasic.bas
+
+' Plain variables. my-basic folds identifiers to a common case at parse time.
+language = "my-basic"
+upto     = 6
+total    = 0
+
+' A FOR..NEXT loop building the sum 1 + 2 + ... + upto.
+for i = 1 to upto
+    total = total + i
+    calogPrint("added", i, "running total is", total)
+next i
+
+calogPrint("sum of 1..", upto, "=", total)
+
+' An IF..THEN..ELSE..ENDIF decision on the computed sum.
+if total > 20 then
+    calogPrint("total", total, "is greater than 20")
+else
+    calogPrint("total", total, "is 20 or less")
+endif
+
+' Hash a string with the crypto native; it returns a hex digest.
+message = "calog loves BASIC"
+digest  = cryptoHashSha256(message)
+calogPrint("sha256(" + message + ") =", digest)
+
+' Store the digest in the process-wide key/value store, then read it back.
+kvSet("mybasic.digest", digest)
+roundTrip = kvGet("mybasic.digest")
+calogPrint("kv round-trip matches:", roundTrip = digest)
+
+' Tear down and exit cleanly (required -- calog does not auto-exit).
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/languages/scheme.scm
+++ b/examples/scripts/languages/scheme.scm
@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+; A guided tour of s7 Scheme running on calog.
+; Demonstrates: a recursive factorial, a list built and mapped over, string
+; assembly, and the cryptoHashSha256 native -- all inside ONE (begin ...) form,
+; because s7's runSource reads a single top-level form per script.
+; Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/languages/scheme.scm
+
+(begin
+
+  ; A classic recursive function.
+  (define (factorial n)
+    (if (<= n 1)
+        1
+        (* n (factorial (- n 1)))))
+
+  ; Build a list, then derive a second list by mapping factorial over it.
+  (define nums (list 1 2 3 4 5 6))
+  (define facts (map factorial nums))
+
+  ; object->string turns an aggregate into a readable literal for printing
+  ; (calogPrint renders a raw list as "[aggregate]").
+  (calogPrint "nums  =" (object->string nums))
+  (calogPrint "facts =" (object->string facts))
+
+  ; Fold the mapped list into a running sum with a tail-recursive helper.
+  (define (sum-list lst acc)
+    (if (null? lst)
+        acc
+        (sum-list (cdr lst) (+ acc (car lst)))))
+  (calogPrint "sum of factorials =" (sum-list facts 0))
+
+  ; Hash a message with the crypto native; it returns a lowercase hex digest.
+  (define message "calog + s7 scheme")
+  (calogPrint "sha256(" message ") =" (cryptoHashSha256 message))
+
+  ; Tear down and exit cleanly (required -- calog does not auto-exit).
+  (calogExit 0))
--- a/examples/scripts/languages/squirrel.nut
+++ b/examples/scripts/languages/squirrel.nut
@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// A guided tour of Squirrel running on calog.
+// Demonstrates: local variables, a function, an array with foreach, a table
+// (map) with foreach, a simple class with a method, then the cryptoUuid native.
+// Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/languages/squirrel.nut
+
+// A local variable.
+local engine = "Squirrel"
+
+// A function.
+function square(n) {
+    return n * n
+}
+
+// An array, iterated with foreach to build a table of squares.
+local numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+local squares = {}
+local total = 0
+foreach (idx, value in numbers) {
+    local s = square(value)
+    squares[value] <- s
+    total = total + s
+    calogPrint("square of", value, "is", s)
+}
+calogPrint("sum of squares 1..6 =", total)
+
+// A table (map), iterated with foreach over key/value pairs.
+local record = {
+    language = engine
+    version  = "3.x"
+    total    = total
+}
+foreach (key, value in record) {
+    calogPrint("record[" + key + "] =", value)
+}
+
+// A simple class with a constructor and a method.
+class Counter {
+    count = 0
+    constructor(start) {
+        count = start
+    }
+    function bump(by) {
+        count = count + by
+        return count
+    }
+}
+
+local counter = Counter(10)
+counter.bump(5)
+counter.bump(7)
+calogPrint("counter after two bumps =", counter.count)
+
+// Use the cryptoUuid native to mint a unique id.
+local id = cryptoUuid()
+calogPrint("generated uuid:", id)
+
+// Tear down and exit cleanly (required -- calog does not auto-exit).
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/languages/wren.wren
+++ b/examples/scripts/languages/wren.wren
@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// A guided tour of Wren running on calog. Wren reaches natives only through
+// Calog.call(name, [args]), so print, crypto, and exit all go through it.
+// Demonstrates: a class with a method, a List transformed with map, and the
+// cryptoUuid / cryptoBase64Encode / calogPrint natives. Synchronous only.
+// Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/languages/wren.wren
+
+// A small class with a constructor and a method.
+class Square {
+  construct new(n) {
+    _n = n
+  }
+
+  value { _n * _n }
+}
+
+// Build a List, then transform it with map (a Sequence) and materialize it.
+var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
+var squares = numbers.map {|n| Square.new(n).value }.toList
+
+// Reduce to a sum to show more of the List API.
+var total = squares.reduce(0) {|acc, v| acc + v }
+
+// Natives are reached via Calog.call(name, [args]).
+Calog.call("calogPrint", ["squares 1..6 =", squares.join(", ")])
+Calog.call("calogPrint", ["sum of squares =", total])
+
+// A generated UUID, then base64-encoded through two more natives.
+var id = Calog.call("cryptoUuid", [])
+var encoded = Calog.call("cryptoBase64Encode", [id])
+Calog.call("calogPrint", ["uuid    =", id])
+Calog.call("calogPrint", ["base64  =", encoded])
+
+// String interpolation works too; pass the finished string to the native.
+Calog.call("calogPrint", ["Wren squared %(numbers.count) numbers, total %(total)."])
+
+// Tear down and exit cleanly (required -- calog does not auto-exit).
+Calog.call("calogExit", [0])
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/crypto.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/crypto.lua
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+-- Showcase the calog crypto library: hashing, HMAC, base64/hex round-trips,
+-- UUID generation, and random bytes.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/crypto.lua
+
+calogPrint("sha256(abc):", cryptoHashSha256("abc"))
+calogPrint("sha1(abc):", cryptoHashSha1("abc"))
+calogPrint("hmacSha256(key,abc):", cryptoHmacSha256("key", "abc"))
+
+local b64 = cryptoBase64Encode("hello world")
+calogPrint("base64 encode:", b64)
+calogPrint("base64 decode:", cryptoBase64Decode(b64))
+
+local hex = cryptoHexEncode("hello world")
+calogPrint("hex encode:", hex)
+calogPrint("hex decode:", cryptoHexDecode(hex))
+
+calogPrint("uuid:", cryptoUuid())
+calogPrint("randomBytes(16) length:", #cryptoRandomBytes(16))
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/cryptoInJs.js
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/cryptoInJs.js
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Crypto in JavaScript: SHA-256 hashing, a base64 encode/decode round-trip,
+// and UUID generation via the calog crypto natives.
+// Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/cryptoInJs.js
+
+// NOTE: QuickJS has no console/print builtin -> use calogPrint.
+
+const message = "hello world";
+
+calogPrint("sha256(hello world):", cryptoHashSha256(message));
+
+const encoded = cryptoBase64Encode(message);
+const decoded = cryptoBase64Decode(encoded);
+calogPrint("base64 encode:", encoded);
+calogPrint("base64 decode:", decoded);
+calogPrint("round-trip ok:", decoded === message);
+
+calogPrint("uuid:", cryptoUuid());
+
+calogExit(0);
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/database.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/database.lua
@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+-- Showcase the calog db library on SQLite: open an in-memory database, create a
+-- table, insert several rows using BOUND parameters (safe from injection), run a
+-- SELECT and print each returned row map field by field, run a COUNT aggregate,
+-- then close the handle.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/database.lua
+
+local db = dbOpen("sqlite", ":memory:")
+
+dbExec(db, "CREATE TABLE fruit (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT, qty INTEGER, price REAL)")
+
+-- Insert rows with bound parameters. dbExec returns rows affected.
+local stock = {
+  { "apple",  12, 0.35 },
+  { "banana", 30, 0.20 },
+  { "cherry",  8, 1.10 },
+  { "date",   15, 0.75 },
+}
+
+local inserted = 0
+for _, item in ipairs(stock) do
+  inserted = inserted + dbExec(db, "INSERT INTO fruit (name, qty, price) VALUES (?, ?, ?)", item[1], item[2], item[3])
+end
+calogPrint("rows inserted:", inserted)
+
+-- SELECT returning a list of row maps. Print each field explicitly.
+local rows = dbQuery(db, "SELECT id, name, qty, price FROM fruit WHERE qty >= ? ORDER BY name", 10)
+calogPrint("rows with qty >= 10:", #rows)
+for _, row in ipairs(rows) do
+  calogPrint(string.format("  #%d %-7s qty=%d price=%.2f", row.id, row.name, row.qty, row.price))
+end
+
+-- Aggregate query: COUNT and SUM in a single row.
+local summary = dbQuery(db, "SELECT COUNT(*) AS n, SUM(qty) AS total FROM fruit")
+calogPrint("distinct fruits:", summary[1].n)
+calogPrint("total quantity:", summary[1].total)
+
+dbClose(db)
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/export.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/export.lua
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+-- Showcase the calog export library: publish a function with calogExport, then
+-- invoke it two ways -- via calogCall by name, and (a Lua convenience) by its bare
+-- name, since exports resolve as unknown globals. Finally calogUnexport it and show
+-- a guarded call fails cleanly instead of returning a stale result.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/export.lua
+
+calogExport("square", function(x)
+    return x * x
+end)
+
+-- Invoke through the broker by name.
+calogPrint("calogCall square 7:", calogCall("square", 7))
+
+-- Invoke by bare name (Lua resolves the unknown global through the export registry).
+calogPrint("bare-name square 9:", square(9))
+
+-- Retire the export; the name is no longer resolvable anywhere.
+calogUnexport("square")
+
+local ok, err = pcall(calogCall, "square", 7)
+calogPrint("call after unexport ok:", ok)
+if not ok then
+    calogPrint("call after unexport failed cleanly:", tostring(err))
+end
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/fs.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/fs.lua
@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+-- Showcase the calog fs library end to end inside a unique temp dir: create a
+-- directory, write and append a file, read it back, stat it, list the dir, then
+-- remove the file and directory so nothing is left behind.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/fs.lua
+
+local dir  = "/tmp/calogFsExample." .. cryptoUuid()
+local file = dir .. "/notes.txt"
+
+fsMkdir(dir)
+calogPrint("dir exists after mkdir:", fsExists(dir))
+
+fsWrite(file, "line one\n")
+fsAppend(file, "line two\n")
+calogPrint("file exists after write:", fsExists(file))
+
+local contents = fsRead(file)
+calogPrint("contents:", contents)
+
+local info = fsStat(file)
+calogPrint("size:", info.size)
+calogPrint("isFile:", info.isFile)
+calogPrint("isDir:", info.isDir)
+
+local entries = fsList(dir)
+calogPrint("entry count:", #entries)
+calogPrint("first entry:", entries[1])
+
+fsRemove(file)
+calogPrint("file exists after remove:", fsExists(file))
+
+fsRemove(dir)
+calogPrint("dir exists after remove:", fsExists(dir))
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/http.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/http.lua
@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+-- Showcase the calog http client end to end with NO external dependency: a
+-- spawned "lua" child task acts as a tiny one-shot HTTP/1.1 server -- it
+-- tcpListens on a fixed high port, accepts one connection, reads the request,
+-- and sends back a valid 200 response with a Content-Length body. The main
+-- context sleeps briefly so the child can bind, then httpGets that URL and
+-- prints the returned status and body before exiting.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/http.lua
+
+local PORT = 48080
+
+-- The child runs as its own context. Its tcpAccept/tcpRecv block that child's
+-- thread, leaving the main context free to make the request. Inside this long
+-- string the \r\n sequences are literal text that the child parses as escapes.
+local serverCode = [[
+    local PORT = 48080
+    local listener = tcpListen(PORT)
+    calogPrint("server: listening on port", PORT)
+
+    local client = tcpAccept(listener)
+    local request = tcpRecv(client, 4096)
+    local requestLine = request and string.match(request, "^[^\r\n]+") or "?"
+    calogPrint("server: request line:", requestLine)
+
+    local body = "Hello from the calog TCP server!\n"
+    local response =
+        "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n" ..
+        "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n" ..
+        "Content-Length: " .. #body .. "\r\n" ..
+        "Connection: close\r\n" ..
+        "\r\n" ..
+        body
+    tcpSend(client, response)
+    tcpClose(client)
+    tcpClose(listener)
+    calogPrint("server: response sent")
+]]
+
+taskSpawn("lua", serverCode)
+
+-- Give the child a moment to reach its tcpListen before we connect.
+timeSleep(400)
+
+local url = "http://127.0.0.1:" .. PORT .. "/"
+calogPrint("client: requesting", url)
+
+local response = httpGet(url)
+calogPrint("client: status", response.status)
+calogPrint("client: body", response.body)
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/json.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/json.lua
@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+-- Showcase the calog json library: jsonParse a nested JSON document, read its
+-- fields, then build a Lua table and jsonStringify it back to text.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/json.lua
+
+local text = [[
+{
+  "name": "calog",
+  "version": 2,
+  "stable": true,
+  "notes": null,
+  "engines": ["lua", "javascript", "scheme"],
+  "limits": { "maxTasks": 64, "ratio": 1.5 }
+}
+]]
+
+local doc = jsonParse(text)
+
+calogPrint("name:", doc.name)
+calogPrint("version:", doc.version)
+calogPrint("stable:", doc.stable)
+calogPrint("notes is nil:", doc.notes == nil)
+calogPrint("first engine:", doc.engines[1])
+calogPrint("engine count:", #doc.engines)
+calogPrint("limits.maxTasks:", doc.limits.maxTasks)
+calogPrint("limits.ratio:", doc.limits.ratio)
+
+local report = {}
+report.tool     = "calog"
+report.ok       = true
+report.count    = doc.engines
+report.summary  = { engines = #doc.engines, maxTasks = doc.limits.maxTasks }
+
+calogPrint("stringified:", jsonStringify(report))
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/jsonInBerry.be
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/jsonInBerry.be
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Showcase the calog json library from Berry: jsonParse a small JSON document,
+# read fields out of the resulting map, then build a Berry map and jsonStringify
+# it back to text.
+# Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/jsonInBerry.be
+
+# Parse a small JSON string into a Berry map.
+var text = '{ "name": "calog", "version": 2, "stable": true, "engines": ["lua", "berry", "scheme"] }'
+var doc = jsonParse(text)
+
+# Read fields out of the parsed map.
+calogPrint("name:", doc["name"])
+calogPrint("version:", doc["version"])
+calogPrint("stable:", doc["stable"])
+calogPrint("first engine:", doc["engines"][0])
+calogPrint("engine count:", doc["engines"].size())
+
+# Build a fresh map and serialize it to JSON text.
+var report = {
+  "tool":    doc["name"],
+  "ok":      doc["stable"],
+  "engines": doc["engines"].size()
+}
+calogPrint("stringified:", jsonStringify(report))
+
+# Tear down and exit cleanly (required -- calog does not auto-exit).
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/kv.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/kv.lua
@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+-- Showcase the calog kv store: set string and number values, read them back,
+-- test presence with kvHas, list keys with kvKeys, then delete one key and
+-- confirm it is gone. The kv store is process-wide and shared across engines.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/kv.lua
+
+kvSet("tool", "calog")
+kvSet("version", 2)
+kvSet("ratio", 1.5)
+kvSet("stable", "yes")
+
+calogPrint("tool:", kvGet("tool"))
+calogPrint("version:", kvGet("version"))
+calogPrint("ratio:", kvGet("ratio"))
+calogPrint("stable:", kvGet("stable"))
+
+calogPrint("has tool:", kvHas("tool"))
+calogPrint("has missing:", kvHas("missing"))
+
+local keys = kvKeys()
+table.sort(keys)
+calogPrint("key count:", #keys)
+calogPrint("keys:", table.concat(keys, ", "))
+
+kvDelete("stable")
+calogPrint("has stable after delete:", kvHas("stable"))
+calogPrint("get stable after delete is nil:", kvGet("stable") == nil)
+
+local remaining = kvKeys()
+table.sort(remaining)
+calogPrint("remaining count:", #remaining)
+calogPrint("remaining keys:", table.concat(remaining, ", "))
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/kvInScheme.scm
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/kvInScheme.scm
@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+; The calog kv store from s7 Scheme, inside ONE (begin ...) form (s7's
+; runSource reads a single top-level form per script). Sets a couple of keys,
+; reads them back with kvGet, and checks presence with kvHas. The kv store is
+; process-wide and shared across every engine.
+; Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/kvInScheme.scm
+
+(begin
+
+  ; Store a string and a number under two keys.
+  (kvSet "tool" "calog")
+  (kvSet "answer" 42)
+
+  ; Read the values back and print them.
+  (calogPrint "tool   =" (kvGet "tool"))
+  (calogPrint "answer =" (kvGet "answer"))
+
+  ; kvHas reports whether a key exists.
+  (calogPrint "has tool    =" (kvHas "tool"))
+  (calogPrint "has missing =" (kvHas "missing"))
+
+  ; Tear down and exit cleanly (required -- calog does not auto-exit).
+  (calogExit 0))
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/net.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/net.lua
@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+-- Showcase the calog net library over loopback with UDP datagrams: a spawned
+-- "lua" listener task binds a fixed high port and blocks in udpRecvFrom, while
+-- the main context opens an ephemeral socket and sends one datagram to it. The
+-- listener's blocking recv runs on its own task thread, so the main thread stays
+-- free to send. A short delay lets the datagram arrive and print before we exit.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/net.lua
+
+local PORT = 47651
+
+-- The listener runs in its own context/thread, so its blocking udpRecvFrom does
+-- not stall the main script. It prints the payload and sender it received.
+local listenerCode = string.format([[
+    local sock = udpOpen(%d)
+    calogPrint("listener bound on port", %d)
+    local packet = udpRecvFrom(sock, 1024)
+    calogPrint("listener received:", packet.data, "from", packet.host .. ":" .. packet.port)
+    udpClose(sock)
+]], PORT, PORT)
+
+local listener = taskSpawn("lua", listenerCode)
+calogPrint("spawned listener handle:", listener)
+
+-- Give the listener a beat to bind its socket before we transmit.
+timeSleep(200)
+
+local sender = udpOpen(0)
+local sent = udpSendTo(sender, "127.0.0.1", PORT, "hello over udp")
+calogPrint("sender transmitted", sent, "bytes to 127.0.0.1:" .. PORT)
+udpClose(sender)
+
+-- Let the datagram land and the listener print, then tear everything down.
+timerAfter(300, function()
+    taskClose(listener)
+    calogExit(0)
+end)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/pubsub.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/pubsub.lua
@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+-- Showcase the calog pubsub library within a single Lua context: two handlers
+-- subscribe to the "news" topic, a publish delivers to both (count 2), then one
+-- handler unsubscribes and a second publish delivers to just one (count 1).
+-- A short timer defers the exit so all deliveries land first.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/pubsub.lua
+
+local firstId = psSubscribe("news", function(msg)
+    calogPrint("handler one got:", msg)
+end)
+
+local secondId = psSubscribe("news", function(msg)
+    calogPrint("handler two got:", msg)
+end)
+
+local firstCount = psPublish("news", "hello subscribers")
+calogPrint("delivered to", firstCount, "handlers")
+
+psUnsubscribe(firstId)
+
+local secondCount = psPublish("news", "only one left")
+calogPrint("delivered to", secondCount, "handlers")
+
+timerAfter(150, function()
+    calogExit(0)
+end)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/ssh.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/ssh.lua
@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+-- Showcase the calog ssh/sftp library as a safe-to-run, documented template:
+-- connect + password auth, run a remote command and print its stdout, then a
+-- round-trip through SFTP (upload a small payload with sftpPut, read it back
+-- with sftpGet, and verify it matches). The entire flow is wrapped in pcall,
+-- so with no reachable server it prints one clear hint and exits cleanly.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/ssh.lua
+
+-- EDIT THESE: point them at a real SSH server you control before running.
+-- The placeholder host below deliberately does not resolve, so the example is
+-- safe to run as-is: it prints a hint and exits 0 instead of touching a server.
+local HOST = "ssh.example.invalid"
+local USER = "youruser"
+local PASS = "yourpass"
+local PORT = 22
+
+-- A remote path we may create and delete; keep it under /tmp so cleanup is safe.
+local REMOTE_PATH = "/tmp/calog_ssh_example.txt"
+local PAYLOAD     = "hello from the calog ssh example\n"
+
+-- Everything network-facing lives here so a single pcall can catch a missing
+-- server, refused connection, or auth failure without crashing the script.
+local function demo()
+    local session = sshConnect(HOST, PORT)
+    calogPrint("connected to", HOST .. ":" .. PORT)
+
+    if not sshAuthPassword(session, USER, PASS) then
+        sshClose(session)
+        error("password authentication was rejected for user " .. USER)
+    end
+    calogPrint("authenticated as", USER)
+
+    -- Run a command remotely and show its captured output.
+    local run = sshExec(session, "uname -a")
+    calogPrint("remote uname:", run.stdout)
+    calogPrint("exit code:", run.exitCode)
+
+    -- SFTP round-trip: upload the payload, read it back, and compare.
+    sftpPut(session, REMOTE_PATH, PAYLOAD)
+    calogPrint("uploaded", #PAYLOAD, "bytes to", REMOTE_PATH)
+
+    local fetched = sftpGet(session, REMOTE_PATH)
+    calogPrint("downloaded", #fetched, "bytes back")
+    calogPrint("round-trip matches:", fetched == PAYLOAD)
+
+    -- Tidy up the remote file, then close the session.
+    sftpRemove(session, REMOTE_PATH)
+    sshClose(session)
+    calogPrint("session closed")
+end
+
+local ok, err = pcall(demo)
+if not ok then
+    calogPrint("ssh example: set HOST/USER/PASS and point at a real SSH server")
+    calogPrint("  (" .. tostring(err) .. ")")
+end
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/task.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/task.lua
@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- Showcase the calog task library: taskSelf reports this context's id,
+-- taskSpawn launches a sibling "lua" child that runs its own code string and
+-- calogPrints a message, taskCount reports how many contexts are now alive.
+-- A short timer gives the child time to run before we exit, so its output lands.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/task.lua
+
+calogPrint("self id:", taskSelf())
+
+local childCode = [[
+    calogPrint("child says hello from task", taskSelf())
+]]
+
+local child = taskSpawn("lua", childCode)
+calogPrint("spawned child handle:", child)
+
+calogPrint("task count:", taskCount())
+
+timerAfter(200, function()
+    taskClose(child)
+    calogExit(0)
+end)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/time.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/time.lua
@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-- Showcase the calog time library: read the real wall-clock epoch with
+-- timeNow(), then measure a ~50ms timeSleep by sampling timeMonotonic()
+-- before and after (monotonic is immune to wall-clock adjustments).
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/time.lua
+
+calogPrint("epoch now:", timeNow())
+
+local start   = timeMonotonic()
+timeSleep(50)
+local elapsed = timeMonotonic() - start
+
+calogPrint("slept for (s):", elapsed)
+calogPrint("about 0.05s:", elapsed >= 0.04 and elapsed < 0.5)
+
+calogExit(0)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/timer.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/timer.lua
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+-- Showcase the calog timer library with Lua callbacks: timerAfter schedules a
+-- one-shot, timerEvery fires a repeating tick, and the tick handler cancels its
+-- own timer after 3 ticks and then exits.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/timer.lua
+
+timerAfter(100, function()
+    calogPrint("one-shot")
+end)
+
+local ticks = 0
+
+local tickId
+tickId = timerEvery(60, function()
+    ticks = ticks + 1
+    calogPrint("tick", ticks)
+    if ticks >= 3 then
+        timerCancel(tickId)
+        calogExit(0)
+    end
+end)
--- a/examples/scripts/libraries/timerInMyBasic.bas
+++ b/examples/scripts/libraries/timerInMyBasic.bas
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+' Timer callbacks in my-basic. calog's my-basic fork (vendor/ourbasic) makes def/lambda
+' routines first-class values, so a BASIC script can hand a callback to a native just like
+' every other engine. Here a def is armed on a repeating timer; it counts ticks in a
+' global, and after the third tick cancels its own timer and ends the run.
+' run: bin/calog examples/scripts/libraries/timerInMyBasic.bas
+
+n = 0
+tid = 0
+
+def tick()
+  n = n + 1
+  calogPrint("my-basic tick", n)
+  if n >= 3 then
+    timerCancel(tid)
+    calogExit(0)
+  endif
+enddef
+
+tid = timerEvery(80, tick)
+calogPrint("my-basic armed a repeating timer with a def callback")
--- a/examples/scripts/multifile/consumer.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/multifile/consumer.lua
@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+-- consumer.lua -- the other half of a MULTI-FILE calog run (see producer.js).
+--
+-- Run BOTH files together:
+--   bin/calog examples/scripts/multifile/producer.js examples/scripts/multifile/consumer.lua
+--
+-- Subscribes to the shared pubsub bus; when the producer (a separate .js file) signals,
+-- reads the values it left in the shared kv store, prints them, and ends the whole run.
+-- One calogExit() from any file tears the whole (multi-file) process down.
+
+psSubscribe("ready", function()
+    local greeting = kvGet("greeting")
+    local from = kvGet("from")
+    calogPrint("consumer.lua: got the signal ->", greeting, "from", from)
+    calogExit(0)
+end)
+calogPrint("consumer.lua: subscribed to 'ready', waiting for the producer")
--- a/examples/scripts/multifile/producer.js
+++ b/examples/scripts/multifile/producer.js
@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// producer.js -- one half of a MULTI-FILE calog run (see consumer.lua).
+//
+// Run BOTH files together, in one process:
+//   bin/calog examples/scripts/multifile/producer.js examples/scripts/multifile/consumer.lua
+//
+// Files listed on the command line run CONCURRENTLY and share one runtime -- so this
+// JavaScript file and the Lua file talk through the same kv store and pubsub bus.
+// This side writes the shared data, then signals "ready" after a short delay (giving the
+// consumer, loaded from the other file, time to subscribe first).
+
+kvSet("greeting", "Hello");
+kvSet("from", "JavaScript (producer.js)");
+calogPrint("producer.js: wrote greeting + from into the shared kv store");
+
+timerAfter(300, function () {
+    calogPrint("producer.js: signalling 'ready'");
+    psPublish("ready", "go");
+});
--- a/examples/scripts/polyglot/exportAcrossEngines.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/polyglot/exportAcrossEngines.lua
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+-- Cross-engine function call: Lua exports a "greet" function through the broker,
+-- then a spawned JavaScript task invokes that Lua function via calogCall and prints
+-- the string it returns. The export happens BEFORE the spawn so the child always
+-- sees the registered name; a short timer gives the JS task time to run, then exits.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/polyglot/exportAcrossEngines.lua
+
+-- Publish a Lua function into the process-wide export registry.
+calogExport("greet", function(name)
+    return "hello, " .. name
+end)
+
+-- The child runs on the JavaScript engine and reaches back into the Lua function.
+local jsCode = [[
+    var msg = calogCall("greet", "world");
+    calogPrint("javascript received:", msg);
+]]
+
+local child = taskSpawn("js", jsCode)
+calogPrint("spawned javascript task:", child)
+
+-- Give the JS task time to run its call, then tear everything down.
+timerAfter(300, function()
+    taskClose(child)
+    calogUnexport("greet")
+    calogExit(0)
+end)
--- a/examples/scripts/polyglot/pubsubAcrossEngines.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/polyglot/pubsubAcrossEngines.lua
@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+-- Cross-engine pubsub: Lua subscribes to the "events" topic through the broker,
+-- then a spawned JavaScript task publishes a message on that same topic. Because
+-- pubsub is process-wide, the Lua handler receives the JS-published message and
+-- prints it. The subscribe happens BEFORE the spawn so the child's publish is
+-- never missed; a short timer gives delivery time to land, then exits.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/polyglot/pubsubAcrossEngines.lua
+
+-- Register the Lua handler first so the topic has a listener before anyone publishes.
+local subId = psSubscribe("events", function(msg)
+    calogPrint("lua handler received:", msg)
+end)
+
+calogPrint("lua subscribed to 'events' with id:", subId)
+
+-- The child runs on the JavaScript engine and publishes into the shared topic.
+local jsCode = [[
+    var count = psPublish("events", "from JavaScript");
+    calogPrint("javascript published to", count, "subscriber(s)");
+]]
+
+local child = taskSpawn("js", jsCode)
+calogPrint("spawned javascript task:", child)
+
+-- Give the JS publish time to be delivered to the Lua handler, then tear down.
+timerAfter(300, function()
+    taskClose(child)
+    psUnsubscribe(subId)
+    calogExit(0)
+end)
--- a/examples/scripts/polyglot/sharedKv.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/polyglot/sharedKv.lua
@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+-- Shared key/value store across engines: Lua seeds the process-wide kv with a JSON
+-- config blob and a numeric counter, then a spawned JavaScript task reads both back
+-- (parsing the JSON), prints them, and bumps the counter to 42. Because kv is shared
+-- across every engine, Lua sees the JS write: after a short timer it reads the counter
+-- again, confirms it is now 42, then tears everything down.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/polyglot/sharedKv.lua
+
+-- Seed shared state from Lua before spawning the child.
+kvSet("config", jsonStringify({ name = "calog", version = 1 }))
+kvSet("counter", 41)
+calogPrint("lua seeded config and counter =", kvGet("counter"))
+
+-- The child runs on the JavaScript engine and reads/writes the same shared kv.
+local jsCode = [[
+    var config = jsonParse(kvGet("config"));
+    calogPrint("javascript read config name:", config.name, "version:", config.version);
+    calogPrint("javascript read counter:", kvGet("counter"));
+    kvSet("counter", 42);
+    calogPrint("javascript set counter to 42");
+]]
+
+local child = taskSpawn("js", jsCode)
+calogPrint("spawned javascript task:", child)
+
+-- Give the JS task time to run its read/write, then observe the shared write from Lua.
+timerAfter(300, function()
+    calogPrint("lua sees counter =", kvGet("counter"))
+    taskClose(child)
+    calogExit(0)
+end)
--- a/examples/scripts/polyglot/taskFanout.lua
+++ b/examples/scripts/polyglot/taskFanout.lua
@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+-- Polyglot task fan-out: one Lua script spawns a tiny task on FIVE different
+-- engines (JavaScript, Squirrel, Berry, Scheme/s7, Wren). Each child prints a
+-- one-line hello in its own language through the shared calogPrint native, so a
+-- single run shows all five runtimes executing side by side under one broker.
+-- The Scheme child is wrapped in (begin ...) because s7 evaluates one form; the
+-- Wren child reaches natives via Calog.call. A short timer lets every child run
+-- before we tear down and exit.
+-- Run: bin/calog examples/scripts/polyglot/taskFanout.lua
+
+-- Each entry pairs a taskSpawn engine name with a minimal, idiomatic snippet.
+local children = {
+    { engine = "js",       code = [[calogPrint("javascript: hello from JavaScript");]] },
+    { engine = "squirrel", code = [[calogPrint("squirrel: hello from Squirrel");]] },
+    { engine = "berry",    code = [[calogPrint("berry: hello from Berry")]] },
+    { engine = "s7",       code = [[(begin (calogPrint "scheme: hello from Scheme"))]] },
+    { engine = "wren",     code = [[Calog.call("calogPrint", ["wren: hello from Wren"])]] },
+}
+
+local handles = {}
+
+for index = 1, #children do
+    local child  = children[index]
+    local handle = taskSpawn(child.engine, child.code)
+    handles[index] = handle
+    calogPrint("spawned", child.engine, "task:", handle)
+end
+
+-- Give all five children time to run their single print, then close and exit.
+timerAfter(400, function()
+    for index = 1, #handles do
+        taskClose(handles[index])
+    end
+    calogExit(0)
+end)
--- a/libs/calogNet.c
+++ b/libs/calogNet.c
@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <unistd.h>

-#ifdef CALOG_WITH_ENET
 #include <enet/enet.h>
-#endif

 // Handle type tags, distinct across the whole registry so a stray handle of the wrong kind
 // fails to resolve (e.g. a listener passed to tcpSend).
@ -51,14 +49,12 @@ typedef struct NetLibT {
 static pthread_mutex_t gNetLibMutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 static NetLibT        *gNetLib      = NULL;

-#ifdef CALOG_WITH_ENET
 static int32_t enetClose(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData);
 static int32_t enetConnect(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData);
 static int32_t enetDisconnect(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData);
 static int32_t enetHost(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData);
 static int32_t enetSend(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData);
 static int32_t enetService(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData);
-#endif
 static void    netCloser(uint32_t type, void *resource);
 static int32_t netMapSetInt(CalogAggT *map, const char *key, int64_t value);
 static int32_t netMapSetStr(CalogAggT *map, const char *key, const char *bytes, int64_t length);
@ -92,14 +88,12 @@ int32_t calogNetRegister(CalogT *calog) {
            pthread_mutex_unlock(&gNetLibMutex);
            return calogErrOomE;
        }
-#ifdef CALOG_WITH_ENET
        if (enet_initialize() != 0) {
            calogHandleTableDestroy(lib->handles, NULL);
            free(lib);
            pthread_mutex_unlock(&gNetLibMutex);
            return calogErrOomE;
        }
-#endif
        gNetLib = lib;
    }
    gNetLib->refCount++;
@ -114,14 +108,12 @@ int32_t calogNetRegister(CalogT *calog) {
    calogRegisterInline(calog, "udpSendTo", udpSendTo, gNetLib);
    calogRegisterInline(calog, "udpRecvFrom", udpRecvFrom, gNetLib);
    calogRegisterInline(calog, "udpClose", udpClose, gNetLib);
-#ifdef CALOG_WITH_ENET
    calogRegisterInline(calog, "enetHost", enetHost, gNetLib);
    calogRegisterInline(calog, "enetConnect", enetConnect, gNetLib);
    calogRegisterInline(calog, "enetService", enetService, gNetLib);
    calogRegisterInline(calog, "enetSend", enetSend, gNetLib);
    calogRegisterInline(calog, "enetDisconnect", enetDisconnect, gNetLib);
    calogRegisterInline(calog, "enetClose", enetClose, gNetLib);
-#endif
    return calogOkE;
 }

@ -135,9 +127,7 @@ void calogNetShutdown(void) {
    gNetLib->refCount--;
    if (gNetLib->refCount <= 0) {
        calogHandleTableDestroy(gNetLib->handles, netCloser);
-#ifdef CALOG_WITH_ENET
        enet_deinitialize();
-#endif
        free(gNetLib);
        gNetLib = NULL;
    }
@ -156,14 +146,12 @@ static void netCloser(uint32_t type, void *resource) {
            free(sock);
            break;
        }
-#ifdef CALOG_WITH_ENET
        case NET_TYPE_ENET_HOST:
            enet_host_destroy((ENetHost *)resource);
            break;
        case NET_TYPE_ENET_PEER:
            // Peers are owned by their host; enet_host_destroy frees them.
            break;
-#endif
        default:
            break;
    }
@ -599,7 +587,6 @@ static int32_t udpSendTo(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *resul
 }


-#ifdef CALOG_WITH_ENET
 static int32_t enetClose(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData) {
    NetLibT  *lib;
    ENetHost *host;
@ -852,4 +839,3 @@ static int32_t enetService(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *res
    calogValueAgg(result, map);
    return calogOkE;
 }
-#endif
--- a/libs/calogNet.h
+++ b/libs/calogNet.h
@ -11,14 +11,20 @@
 //   udpSendTo(handle, host, port, data) -> bytesSent
 //   udpRecvFrom(handle, maxBytes) -> { data, host, port }
 //   udpClose(handle)
-// Payloads are binary-safe strings. The blocking natives (accept/recv/recvFrom) are INLINE,
-// so they stall only the calling script's context thread, not the host. Handles are NOT
-// reference-counted: a socket/host/peer handle belongs to the context that created it, and
-// using one handle concurrently from two contexts -- or closing it while another context is
-// mid-operation -- is undefined (use-after-free). IPv4 for v1;
-// hostname resolution uses getaddrinfo (works in dynamic builds; a fully-static glibc build
-// cannot resolve names -- connect by IP, or link musl). Backends: TCP/UDP always; ENet is
-// added behind CALOG_WITH_ENET.
+//   enetHost(port, maxPeers) -> hostHandle
+//   enetConnect(hostHandle, host, port, channels) -> peerHandle
+//   enetService(hostHandle, timeoutMs) -> { type[, peer, channel, data] }
+//   enetSend(peerHandle, channel, data, reliable)
+//   enetDisconnect(peerHandle)
+//   enetClose(hostHandle)
+// Payloads are binary-safe strings. The blocking natives (accept/recv/recvFrom/enetService)
+// are INLINE, so they stall only the calling script's context thread, not the host. Handles
+// are NOT reference-counted: a socket/host/peer handle belongs to the context that created
+// it, and using one handle concurrently from two contexts -- or closing it while another
+// context is mid-operation -- is undefined (use-after-free). IPv4 for v1; hostname resolution
+// uses getaddrinfo (works in dynamic builds; a fully-static glibc build cannot resolve names
+// -- connect by IP, or link musl). Three transports, all always compiled in and first-class:
+// TCP, UDP, and ENet (reliable UDP over UDP).

 #ifndef CALOG_NET_H
 #define CALOG_NET_H
--- a/src/calogMain.c
+++ b/src/calogMain.c
@ -0,0 +1,534 @@
+// calogMain.c -- the `calog` command-line runner.
+//
+// Links every engine and every library into one binary, then executes the script files named
+// on the command line. A file named with a known extension runs on that engine (.lua .js .nut
+// .bas .be .scm .wren); a name with no recognized extension is searched for as <name>.<ext> in
+// engine-registration priority order (the first existing file wins), matching calogContextLoad.
+//
+// Each script is launched fire-and-forget on its own context, and the process pumps the host
+// thread so scripts can call back into the registered natives (print, the libraries). Because
+// calog is event-driven, a script finishing its top level does NOT end the program -- its
+// context stays alive to service timer/pubsub/task callbacks -- so there is no way to infer
+// "all processing is done". Instead a script calls calogExit([code]) to tear everything down
+// and exit; SIGINT/SIGTERM do the same. A script that ERRORS has its context retired (closed);
+// once no launched contexts remain live, calog exits on its own. Absent any of these, calog
+// runs until killed.
+//
+// Teardown order matters (see the library headers): the cross-context reference holders
+// (export/pubsub/timer/kv) are released while contexts are still alive, THEN calogDestroy joins
+// every context thread, THEN the libraries whose registries outlive the runtime (db/net/ssh/
+// task) are freed.
+
+#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
+
+#include "calog.h"
+
+#include "calogCrypto.h"
+#include "calogDb.h"
+#include "calogExport.h"
+#include "calogFs.h"
+#include "calogHttp.h"
+#include "calogJson.h"
+#include "calogKv.h"
+#include "calogNet.h"
+#include "calogPubsub.h"
+#include "calogSsh.h"
+#include "calogTask.h"
+#include "calogTime.h"
+#include "calogTimer.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdatomic.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+// One host-thread pump iteration parks this long between drains (0.5 ms), matching the test
+// harness -- long enough not to spin a core, short enough to feel responsive.
+#define PUMP_INTERVAL_NS 500000
+
+// The base for a signal-derived exit code (128 + signal number), the shell convention.
+#define SIGNAL_EXIT_BASE 128
+
+static const CalogEngineT *engineForExtension(const char *ext);
+static const char         *extensionOf(const char *arg);
+static bool                fileReadable(const char *path);
+static int32_t             nativeCalogExit(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData);
+static int32_t             nativeCalogPrint(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData);
+static void                onError(uint64_t contextId, const char *message, void *userData);
+static void                onSignal(int sig);
+static void                printUsage(FILE *stream, const char *program);
+static void                printValue(const CalogValueT *value);
+static char               *readFile(const char *path);
+static bool                resolveArg(const char *arg, const CalogEngineT **outEngine, char **outSource);
+
+// Requested by a script (calogExit), a signal, or the last live context erroring out; the host
+// pump loop watches gShutdown and exits with gExitCode.
+static _Atomic bool    gShutdown = false;
+static _Atomic int32_t gExitCode = 0;
+
+// One entry per script context the runner launched. onError flags `failed` for a context whose
+// script errors; the pump loop then closes that context and drops the live count. When the live
+// count reaches zero -- every launched context has errored out -- the runner exits.
+typedef struct LaunchedT {
+    uint64_t       id;
+    CalogContextT *context;   // NULL once the context has been closed
+    _Atomic bool   failed;
+} LaunchedT;
+
+static LaunchedT *gLaunched      = NULL;
+static int32_t    gLaunchedCount = 0;
+
+// The engines the runner knows, in load-search priority order (the same order
+// calogRegisterBuiltinEngines uses, so an extensionless name resolves identically here and via
+// taskLoad). Referencing the vtables directly pulls each engine archive into the link.
+static const CalogEngineT *const gEngines[] = {
+    &calogLuaEngine,
+    &calogJsEngine,
+    &calogSquirrelEngine,
+    &calogMyBasicEngine,
+    &calogBerryEngine,
+    &calogS7Engine,
+    &calogWrenEngine
+};
+
+// s7 interns a small, bounded set of "permanent" strings it never reclaims (an s7 trait, not a
+// leak); suppress exactly that site so an ASan/LSan build of the runner stays quiet. LSan calls
+// this weak hook automatically.
+const char *__lsan_default_suppressions(void);
+const char *__lsan_default_suppressions(void) {
+    return "leak:make_permanent_string\n";
+}
+
+// Keep the "Suppressions used" banner off stdout/stderr on a clean run.
+const char *__lsan_default_options(void);
+const char *__lsan_default_options(void) {
+    return "print_suppressions=0";
+}
+
+
+// Find the engine that claims file extension ext (case-insensitive), or NULL if none does.
+static const CalogEngineT *engineForExtension(const char *ext) {
+    size_t index;
+
+    for (index = 0; index < sizeof(gEngines) / sizeof(gEngines[0]); index++) {
+        const CalogEngineT *engine;
+        int32_t             which;
+
+        engine = gEngines[index];
+        if (engine->extensions == NULL) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        for (which = 0; engine->extensions[which] != NULL; which++) {
+            if (strcasecmp(engine->extensions[which], ext) == 0) {
+                return engine;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
+// Return a pointer to the extension of arg (the bytes after the last '.' of the final path
+// component), or NULL when there is none -- a name with no dot, or a leading-dot dotfile.
+static const char *extensionOf(const char *arg) {
+    const char *base;
+    const char *slash;
+    const char *dot;
+
+    slash = strrchr(arg, '/');
+    base  = (slash != NULL) ? slash + 1 : arg;
+    dot   = strrchr(base, '.');
+    if (dot == NULL || dot == base) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return dot + 1;
+}
+
+
+static bool fileReadable(const char *path) {
+    FILE *file;
+
+    file = fopen(path, "rb");
+    if (file == NULL) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    fclose(file);
+    return true;
+}
+
+
+// calogExit([code]) -- a script asks the runner to tear everything down and exit. Inline: it
+// only sets two atomics, which is thread-safe, so it needs no host hop.
+static int32_t nativeCalogExit(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData) {
+    (void)userData;
+    calogValueNil(result);
+    if (argCount >= 1) {
+        if (args[0].type == calogIntE) {
+            atomic_store(&gExitCode, (int32_t)args[0].as.i);
+        } else if (args[0].type == calogRealE) {
+            atomic_store(&gExitCode, (int32_t)args[0].as.r);
+        } else {
+            return calogFail(result, calogErrArgE, "calogExit expects an optional integer exit code");
+        }
+    }
+    atomic_store(&gShutdown, true);
+    return calogOkE;
+}
+
+
+// calogPrint(...) -- write each argument to stdout, space-separated, with a trailing newline. A
+// host native (runs on the host thread), so concurrent scripts' lines do not interleave. Named
+// with the calog prefix (like calogExit) so it never collides with an engine's built-in print
+// or the my-basic PRINT keyword.
+static int32_t nativeCalogPrint(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT *result, void *userData) {
+    int32_t index;
+
+    (void)userData;
+    calogValueNil(result);
+    for (index = 0; index < argCount; index++) {
+        if (index > 0) {
+            fputc(' ', stdout);
+        }
+        printValue(&args[index]);
+    }
+    fputc('\n', stdout);
+    fflush(stdout);
+    return calogOkE;
+}
+
+
+static void onError(uint64_t contextId, const char *message, void *userData) {
+    int32_t index;
+
+    (void)userData;
+    fprintf(stderr, "calog: script error: %s\n", (message != NULL) ? message : "(unknown)");
+    // Flag the failing context so the pump loop retires it (a script error closes its context).
+    for (index = 0; index < gLaunchedCount; index++) {
+        if (gLaunched[index].id == contextId) {
+            atomic_store(&gLaunched[index].failed, true);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+// Signal handler for SIGINT/SIGTERM: request the same orderly shutdown as calogExit. Only
+// async-signal-safe atomic stores happen here.
+static void onSignal(int sig) {
+    atomic_store(&gExitCode, (int32_t)(SIGNAL_EXIT_BASE + sig));
+    atomic_store(&gShutdown, true);
+}
+
+
+static void printUsage(FILE *stream, const char *program) {
+    fprintf(stream, "usage: %s <script> [script ...]\n", program);
+    fprintf(stream, "\n");
+    fprintf(stream, "Run each script through the calog multi-language runtime.\n");
+    fprintf(stream, "A name with a known extension runs on that engine:\n");
+    fprintf(stream, "  .lua  .js  .nut  .bas  .be  .scm  .wren\n");
+    fprintf(stream, "A name with no recognized extension is searched for as <name>.<ext>\n");
+    fprintf(stream, "in that priority order; the first existing file wins.\n");
+    fprintf(stream, "\n");
+    fprintf(stream, "Scripts share the crypto, db, export, fs, http, json, kv, net, pubsub,\n");
+    fprintf(stream, "ssh, task, time, and timer libraries plus calogPrint(). Call calogExit([code])\n");
+    fprintf(stream, "to tear everything down and exit; otherwise calog runs until interrupted.\n");
+}
+
+
+static void printValue(const CalogValueT *value) {
+    switch (value->type) {
+        case calogNilE:
+            fputs("nil", stdout);
+            break;
+        case calogBoolE:
+            fputs(value->as.b ? "true" : "false", stdout);
+            break;
+        case calogIntE:
+            printf("%lld", (long long)value->as.i);
+            break;
+        case calogRealE:
+            printf("%g", value->as.r);
+            break;
+        case calogStringE:
+            fwrite(value->as.s.bytes, 1, (size_t)value->as.s.length, stdout);
+            break;
+        case calogAggE:
+            fputs("[aggregate]", stdout);
+            break;
+        case calogFnE:
+            fputs("[function]", stdout);
+            break;
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
+
+// Read a whole file into a fresh, NUL-terminated buffer (binary content is preserved up to the
+// terminator; scripts are text). Returns NULL on failure, leaving errno set.
+static char *readFile(const char *path) {
+    FILE   *file;
+    char   *buffer;
+    long    size;
+    size_t  readCount;
+
+    file = fopen(path, "rb");
+    if (file == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    if (fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END) != 0 || (size = ftell(file)) < 0) {
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    rewind(file);
+    buffer = (char *)malloc((size_t)size + 1);
+    if (buffer == NULL) {
+        fclose(file);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    readCount = fread(buffer, 1, (size_t)size, file);
+    fclose(file);
+    buffer[readCount] = '\0';
+    return buffer;
+}
+
+
+// Resolve one command-line argument to an engine + its script source (a fresh buffer the caller
+// frees). A recognized extension binds the exact file to that engine; otherwise the argument is
+// treated as a base name and searched as <arg>.<ext> across the engines in priority order. On
+// failure prints a diagnostic and returns false.
+static bool resolveArg(const char *arg, const CalogEngineT **outEngine, char **outSource) {
+    const char         *ext;
+    const CalogEngineT *engine;
+    char               *source;
+    size_t              index;
+
+    *outEngine = NULL;
+    *outSource = NULL;
+
+    ext = extensionOf(arg);
+    if (ext != NULL) {
+        engine = engineForExtension(ext);
+        if (engine != NULL) {
+            source = readFile(arg);
+            if (source == NULL) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "calog: %s: %s\n", arg, strerror(errno));
+                return false;
+            }
+            *outEngine = engine;
+            *outSource = source;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (index = 0; index < sizeof(gEngines) / sizeof(gEngines[0]); index++) {
+        int32_t which;
+
+        engine = gEngines[index];
+        if (engine->extensions == NULL) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        for (which = 0; engine->extensions[which] != NULL; which++) {
+            char  *path;
+            size_t pathSize;
+
+            pathSize = strlen(arg) + strlen(engine->extensions[which]) + 2;   // '.' + '\0'
+            path     = (char *)malloc(pathSize);
+            if (path == NULL) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "calog: out of memory\n");
+                return false;
+            }
+            snprintf(path, pathSize, "%s.%s", arg, engine->extensions[which]);
+            if (!fileReadable(path)) {
+                free(path);
+                continue;
+            }
+            source = readFile(path);
+            if (source == NULL) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "calog: %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno));
+                free(path);
+                return false;
+            }
+            free(path);
+            *outEngine = engine;
+            *outSource = source;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "calog: %s: no runnable script found\n", arg);
+    return false;
+}
+
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+    const CalogEngineT **engines;
+    char               **sources;
+    const char          *program;
+    CalogT              *calog;
+    struct timespec      tick = { 0, PUMP_INTERVAL_NS };
+    int32_t              scriptCount;
+    int32_t              liveCount;
+    int32_t              index;
+
+    program = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
+    program = (program != NULL) ? program + 1 : argv[0];
+
+    if (argc < 2) {
+        printUsage(stderr, program);
+        return 2;
+    }
+    for (index = 1; index < argc; index++) {
+        if (strcmp(argv[index], "-h") == 0 || strcmp(argv[index], "--help") == 0) {
+            printUsage(stdout, program);
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    scriptCount = argc - 1;
+    engines     = (const CalogEngineT **)malloc((size_t)scriptCount * sizeof(*engines));
+    sources     = (char **)malloc((size_t)scriptCount * sizeof(*sources));
+    if (engines == NULL || sources == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "calog: out of memory\n");
+        free(engines);
+        free(sources);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Resolve every argument before running any (fail fast): one bad name runs nothing.
+    for (index = 0; index < scriptCount; index++) {
+        if (!resolveArg(argv[index + 1], &engines[index], &sources[index])) {
+            int32_t undo;
+            for (undo = 0; undo < index; undo++) {
+                free(sources[undo]);
+            }
+            free(engines);
+            free(sources);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    calog = calogCreate();
+    if (calog == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "calog: failed to create runtime\n");
+        for (index = 0; index < scriptCount; index++) {
+            free(sources[index]);
+        }
+        free(engines);
+        free(sources);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    calogSetErrorHandler(calog, onError, NULL);
+
+    if (calogRegister(calog, "calogPrint", nativeCalogPrint, NULL) != calogOkE ||
+        calogRegisterInline(calog, "calogExit", nativeCalogExit, NULL) != calogOkE ||
+        calogCryptoRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogDbRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogExportRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogFsRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogHttpRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogJsonRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogKvRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogNetRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogPubsubRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogSshRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogTaskRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogTimeRegister(calog) != calogOkE ||
+        calogTimerRegister(calog) != calogOkE) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "calog: failed to register libraries\n");
+        calogDestroy(calog);
+        for (index = 0; index < scriptCount; index++) {
+            free(sources[index]);
+        }
+        free(engines);
+        free(sources);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    calogRegisterBuiltinEngines(calog);
+
+    signal(SIGINT, onSignal);
+    signal(SIGTERM, onSignal);
+
+    // Launch every script fire-and-forget on its own context, recording the live ones so a
+    // later error can retire exactly that context. calogContextEval keeps its own copy of the
+    // source, so the resolved buffer is freed right after.
+    gLaunched = (LaunchedT *)calloc((size_t)scriptCount, sizeof(*gLaunched));
+    if (gLaunched == NULL) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "calog: out of memory\n");
+        calogDestroy(calog);
+        for (index = 0; index < scriptCount; index++) {
+            free(sources[index]);
+        }
+        free(engines);
+        free(sources);
+        return 1;
+    }
+    for (index = 0; index < scriptCount; index++) {
+        CalogContextT *context;
+
+        context = calogContextOpen(calog, engines[index]);
+        if (context == NULL) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "calog: %s: failed to open a context\n", argv[index + 1]);
+        } else if (calogContextEval(context, sources[index]) != calogOkE) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "calog: %s: failed to start script\n", argv[index + 1]);
+            calogContextClose(context);
+        } else {
+            gLaunched[gLaunchedCount].id      = calogContextId(context);
+            gLaunched[gLaunchedCount].context = context;
+            atomic_store(&gLaunched[gLaunchedCount].failed, false);
+            gLaunchedCount++;
+        }
+        free(sources[index]);
+    }
+    free(engines);
+    free(sources);
+
+    liveCount = gLaunchedCount;
+    if (liveCount == 0) {
+        atomic_store(&gShutdown, true);   // nothing runnable launched
+    }
+
+    // Service script->native calls until a script calls calogExit, we are signalled, or every
+    // launched context has errored out. A script error retires (closes) its own context; when
+    // the last live context is gone, the runner exits.
+    while (!atomic_load(&gShutdown)) {
+        calogPump(calog);
+        for (index = 0; index < gLaunchedCount; index++) {
+            if (gLaunched[index].context != NULL && atomic_load(&gLaunched[index].failed)) {
+                int32_t expected;
+                calogContextClose(gLaunched[index].context);
+                gLaunched[index].context = NULL;
+                liveCount--;
+                expected = 0;
+                atomic_compare_exchange_strong(&gExitCode, &expected, 1);
+            }
+        }
+        if (liveCount == 0) {
+            atomic_store(&gShutdown, true);
+            break;
+        }
+        nanosleep(&tick, NULL);
+    }
+    calogPump(calog);
+
+    // Release cross-context references while the contexts are still alive, tear the runtime
+    // down (joining every context thread), then free the registries that outlive it.
+    calogExportShutdown();
+    calogPubsubShutdown();
+    calogTimerShutdown();
+    calogKvShutdown();
+    calogDestroy(calog);
+    calogDbShutdown();
+    calogNetShutdown();
+    calogSshShutdown();
+    calogTaskShutdown();
+
+    free(gLaunched);
+    return (int)atomic_load(&gExitCode);
+}
--- a/src/mybasic/mybasicAdapter.c
+++ b/src/mybasic/mybasicAdapter.c
@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 // currentL so an exported BASIC routine can be evaluated through mb_eval_routine.

 #include "mybasicAdapter.h"
-#include "myBasic.h"
+#include "ourBasic.h"

 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@ -423,16 +423,13 @@ static int32_t mbCallableInvoke(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT
    routine = (MyBasicRoutineT *)userData;
    context = routine->context;
    calogValueNil(result);
-    if (context->currentL == NULL) {
-        return calogFail(result, calogErrUnsupportedE, "BASIC routine invoked outside a serving frame");
-    }
-    mbArgs = NULL;
-    if (argCount > 0) {
-        mbArgs = (mb_value_t *)calloc((size_t)argCount, sizeof(mb_value_t));
+    // Always allocate a non-NULL args buffer (at least one slot): mb_eval_routine treats a NULL
+    // args pointer as "parse the arguments from source", which fails for a cold / no-source call
+    // -- so even a zero-argument callback needs a non-NULL (direct-args) buffer.
+    mbArgs = (mb_value_t *)calloc((size_t)(argCount > 0 ? argCount : 1), sizeof(mb_value_t));
    if (mbArgs == NULL) {
        return calogFail(result, calogErrOomE, "out of memory marshalling routine args");
    }
-    }
    for (index = 0; index < argCount; index++) {
        mb_make_nil(mbArgs[index]);
        status = mbFromValueDepth(context, context->currentL, &args[index], &mbArgs[index], 0);
@ -446,7 +443,15 @@ static int32_t mbCallableInvoke(CalogValueT *args, int32_t argCount, CalogValueT
        }
    }
    mb_make_nil(ret);
+    if (context->currentL != NULL) {
+        // Synchronous: invoked while this context is serving a native call (e.g. an exported
+        // routine reached via calogMyBasicExportRoutine) -- run it in that live frame.
        code = mb_eval_routine(context->bas, context->currentL, routine->routine, mbArgs, (unsigned)argCount, &ret);
+    } else {
+        // [calog fork] Deferred callback (timer/pubsub/export delivered to an idle interpreter):
+        // invoke the routine cold -- mb_eval_routine_cold supplies its own return frame.
+        code = mb_eval_routine_cold(context->bas, routine->routine, mbArgs, (unsigned)argCount, &ret);
+    }
    if (code == MB_FUNC_OK) {
        // Marshal the return value BEFORE releasing the arguments: a routine may
        // return one of its (borrowed) arguments, so result must be deep-copied
@ -586,6 +591,12 @@ static int mbDispatch(int32_t slot, struct mb_interpreter_t *s, void **l) {
            mb_dispose_value(context->bas, popped);
        }
        if (status != calogOkE) {
+            // A refused routine argument (e.g. a lambda created just for this call) was popped
+            // and is ours to free; dispose it so its scope is not leaked on the error path.
+            // (Strings are borrowed interior pointers and collections are disposed just above.)
+            if (popped.type == MB_DT_ROUTINE) {
+                mb_dispose_value(context->bas, popped);
+            }
            code = mb_raise_error(s, l, MB_NATIVE_ERROR, MB_FUNC_ERR);
            goto cleanupArgs;
        }
@ -767,6 +778,12 @@ static int32_t mbToValueDepth(CalogMyBasicT *context, void **l, const mb_value_t
        case MB_DT_DICT:
            return mbDictToAggregate(context, l, *value, out, depth);
        case MB_DT_ROUTINE:
+            // [calog fork] Marshal a def/lambda routine to a first-class calog callable, so a
+            // BASIC script can hand a callback to a native (pubsub/timer/export) like any other
+            // engine. The routine value is borrowed (owned by the interpreter's scope) and is
+            // invoked later via mb_eval_routine_cold, so it must have a PERSISTENT scope -- a
+            // top-level def or lambda. (A routine local to a function would dangle once that
+            // function returns; callbacks are registered from the top level, as in every engine.)
            status = mbWrapRoutine(context, *value, &callable);
            if (status != calogOkE) {
                return status;
--- a/src/mybasic/mybasicEngine.c
+++ b/src/mybasic/mybasicEngine.c
@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 // vtable, so a my-basic interpreter runs on its own context thread and is loadable by
 // file extension (.bas) via calogContextLoad.
 //
-// my-basic keeps a little process-global state, but only two things are shared across
-// interpreters: an allocation counter (patched to _Atomic in vendor/mybasic/myBasic.c,
-// preserved as myBasic.c.orig) and the mb_init singletons, which are built once and are
-// read-only thereafter. So interpreters EXECUTE in parallel; only lifecycle needs
+// The engine is vendor/ourbasic -- calog's fork of MY-BASIC (see vendor/ourbasic/NOTICE +
+// CHANGELOG; pristine upstream kept as ourBasic.c.upstream). my-basic keeps a little
+// process-global state, but only two things are shared across interpreters: an allocation
+// counter (patched to _Atomic in vendor/ourbasic/ourBasic.c) and the mb_init singletons,
+// which are built once and are read-only thereafter. So interpreters EXECUTE in parallel;
+// only lifecycle needs
 // serializing -- mb_init's lazy build on the first context, mb_dispose on the last, and
 // the adapter's shared context refcount. This lock covers just create and destroy;
 // runSource runs unlocked, so several my-basic scripts run at once.
--- a/vendor/ourbasic/CHANGELOG
+++ b/vendor/ourbasic/CHANGELOG
@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+our-basic CHANGELOG -- calog's modifications to upstream MY-BASIC
+================================================================
+
+Every change below is marked in-source with the comment tag "[calog fork]".
+Baseline: ourBasic.c.upstream (pristine upstream MY-BASIC). Run
+  diff ourBasic.c.upstream ourBasic.c
+to see the full patch set.
+
+Concurrency
+  - The _mb_allocated allocation counter was changed from `volatile` to `_Atomic`,
+    so independent interpreters (one per calog context thread) can be created and
+    destroyed concurrently without racing the counter. Execution already runs
+    unlocked; only lifecycle is serialized, in the adapter.
+
+Memory
+  - A my-basic routine (lambda) popped as a refused/errored native argument is now
+    disposed on the error path so its scope is not leaked. (In the adapter's
+    arg-marshal loop, src/mybasic/mybasicAdapter.c.)
+
+First-class routines -- the reason for the fork
+  - Bare-def-as-value: in _calc_expression, a routine identifier NOT followed by
+    '(' now pushes the routine as an operand (a first-class value) instead of
+    raising "Open bracket expected". A script can now pass a `def` (or a lambda) to
+    a native and store it in a variable -- required for cross-engine callbacks
+    (pubsub / timer / export). It mirrors the array-index branch beside it; calls,
+    recursion, and closures are unchanged.
+  - mb_eval_routine_cold(): a new public entry (declared in ourBasic.h) that invokes
+    a routine value from an IDLE interpreter -- one with no live call frame. It
+    supplies the last AST node as a clean return landing and passes arguments
+    directly. calog uses it to fire script callbacks that were registered earlier
+    and delivered when the interpreter is otherwise idle.
+
+Constraint: a callback must be a TOP-LEVEL def/lambda (persistent scope); a routine
+local to a function would dangle once that function returns -- the same rule every
+engine's closures follow.
+
+Verified: full calog `make test` (28 binaries, 0 failed) plus the my-basic engine
+suite (testMyBasic / testEngineMyBasic / testPolyglot / testLoad / testTask),
+ASan/UBSan-clean, with def and lambda callbacks firing via timer/pubsub/export and
+cross-engine (a Lua task calling a my-basic def).
--- a/vendor/ourbasic/NOTICE
+++ b/vendor/ourbasic/NOTICE
@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+our-basic -- calog's fork of MY-BASIC
+=====================================
+
+This directory (vendor/ourbasic) is calog's vendored fork of MY-BASIC, a small
+embeddable BASIC interpreter by Tony Wang.
+
+  Upstream:  MY-BASIC  --  https://github.com/paladin-t/my_basic/
+  License:   MIT (the permission notice is reproduced in the header of every
+             source file: ourBasic.c and ourBasic.h)
+  Copyright (C) 2011 - 2026 Tony Wang
+
+MY-BASIC is MIT-licensed, which permits this fork. calog's modifications are marked
+in-source with the comment tag "[calog fork]" and are catalogued in CHANGELOG (this
+directory).
+
+  ourBasic.c            the forked interpreter (patched)
+  ourBasic.h            the forked public header (patched)
+  ourBasic.c.upstream   the pristine upstream MY-BASIC source, kept as the diff
+                        baseline: `diff ourBasic.c.upstream ourBasic.c` shows the fork
+
+The internal C API keeps its upstream "mb_" prefix (renaming it would be pointless
+churn). The BASIC dialect calog exposes to scripts is still called "my-basic" -- the
+".bas" extension, the "mybasic" engine name, and CALOG_WITH_MYBASIC are unchanged.
+"our-basic" names only this modified implementation.
+
+--- MIT License (MY-BASIC) ---
+
+Copyright (C) 2011 - 2026 Tony Wang
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
--- a/vendor/ourbasic/ourBasic.c
+++ b/vendor/ourbasic/ourBasic.c
@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #	endif /* _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS */
 #endif /* _MSC_VER */

-#include "myBasic.h"
+#include "ourBasic.h"
 #if defined ARDUINO && !defined MB_CP_ARDUINO
 #	define MB_CP_ARDUINO
 #endif /* ARDUINO && !MB_CP_ARDUINO */
@ -3980,6 +3980,16 @@ _array:
 					_ls_pushback(opnd, c);
 					f++;
 				} else if(c->type == _DT_ROUTINE) {
+					/* [calog fork] A routine identifier NOT followed by '(' is a first-class value
+					   reference (like the array case below), not a call -- push it as an operand so
+					   scripts can pass def/lambda routines to natives and store them in variables. */
+					if(ast && !_IS_FUNC((_object_t*)ast->data, _core_open_bracket)) {
+						if(f) {
+							_handle_error_on_obj(s, SE_RN_OPERATOR_EXPECTED, s->source_file, DON(ast), MB_FUNC_ERR, _error, result);
+						}
+						_ls_pushback(opnd, c);
+						f++;
+					} else {
 _routine:
 					do {
 #ifdef MB_ENABLE_CLASS
@ -4031,6 +4041,7 @@ _routine:
 					}
 					_ls_pushback(opnd, c);
 					f++;
+					}
 				} else if(c->type == _DT_VAR && c->data.variable->data->type == _DT_ARRAY) {
 					unsigned arr_idx = 0;
 					mb_value_u arr_val;
@ -19508,3 +19519,17 @@ _exit:
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif /* __cplusplus */
+
+/* [calog fork] Invoke a routine value from an IDLE interpreter (no live call frame).
+   Supplies the last AST node as a clean return landing so RETURN/ENDDEF have a valid
+   return point, and passes args directly. Used by calog to fire script callbacks
+   (pubsub/timer/export) that were registered earlier. See myBasic.h. */
+int mb_eval_routine_cold(struct mb_interpreter_t* s, mb_value_t routine, mb_value_t* args, unsigned argc, mb_value_t* ret) {
+	_ls_node_t* n;
+	void* land;
+	if(!s) return MB_FUNC_ERR;
+	n = s->ast;
+	while(n && n->next) n = n->next;
+	land = n;
+	return mb_eval_routine(s, &land, routine, args, argc, ret);
+}
--- a/vendor/ourbasic/ourBasic.c.upstream
+++ b/vendor/ourbasic/ourBasic.c.upstream
--- a/vendor/ourbasic/ourBasic.h
+++ b/vendor/ourbasic/ourBasic.h
@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 ** CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 */

-#ifndef __MY_BASIC_H__
-#define __MY_BASIC_H__
+#ifndef __OUR_BASIC_H__
+#define __OUR_BASIC_H__

 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
@ -663,6 +663,8 @@ MBAPI int mb_dispose_value(struct mb_interpreter_t* s, mb_value_t val);
 MBAPI int mb_get_routine(struct mb_interpreter_t* s, void** l, const char* n, mb_value_t* val);
 MBAPI int mb_set_routine(struct mb_interpreter_t* s, void** l, const char* n, mb_routine_func_t f, bool_t force);
 MBAPI int mb_eval_routine(struct mb_interpreter_t* s, void** l, mb_value_t val, mb_value_t* args, unsigned argc, mb_value_t* ret/* = NULL*/);
+/* [calog fork] Invoke a routine value from an IDLE interpreter (no live call frame). */
+MBAPI int mb_eval_routine_cold(struct mb_interpreter_t* s, mb_value_t routine, mb_value_t* args, unsigned argc, mb_value_t* ret);
 MBAPI int mb_get_routine_type(struct mb_interpreter_t* s, mb_value_t val, mb_routine_type_e* y);

 MBAPI int mb_load_string(struct mb_interpreter_t* s, const char* l, bool_t reset/* = true*/);
@ -706,4 +708,4 @@ MBAPI char* mb_memdup(const char* val, unsigned size);
 }
 #endif /* __cplusplus */

-#endif /* __MY_BASIC_H__ */
+#endif /* __OUR_BASIC_H__ */