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+# LTM - Lander Template Module
+
+This module provides an interface for generating `char` streams from a given
+template.
+
+```html
+<body>
+    <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
+    <ul>
+{{ item start }}
+        <li><a href="{{ url }}">{{ name }}</a></li>
+{{ item end }}
+    </ul>
+</body>
+```
+
+The above snippet shows everything the templating language currently offers;
+either singular variables (here: `title`) or nested templates (here: `item`).
+Note the absence of a loop construct. This is because each variable and nested
+template is implicitely already a loop; a variable or a nested template can be
+added as many times as needed, and they will appear in the order they were
+added.
+
+Template strings are compiled into templates. From a template, an instance can
+be created to which the required data can be added to fill in the template.
+Instantiating a template does not modify the original template, meaning
+templates can be safely used concurrently.
+
+Each inserted variable can get its data from a variety of sources, namely
+`char` buffers, files or a custom reader function. The resulting `char` stream
+is never fully loaded into memory; an instance can stream its content to a
+provided buffer to prevent unnecessary memory usage.