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@@ -20,6 +20,26 @@ environment.  Type `:help` for more information, or type in text in any
 supported programming language (currently only `schala-lang`) to evaluate it in
 the REPL.
 
+### Examples
+
+Try running the following `schala-lang` code example in the REPL:
+
+```
+>> 1 + 1
+(Total time)=> 736.368µs
+=> 2
+>> fn foo(x) { x + 10 }
+(Total time)=> 772.496µs
+=> 
+>> foo(0)
+(Total time)=> 593.591µs
+=> 10
+>> 5 + foo(1)
+(Total time)=> 1.119916ms
+=> 16
+>> 
+```
+
 ## History
 
 Schala started out life as an experiment in writing a Javascript-like