@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ <h4>New Features</h4>
 <ul>
     <li>Implemented a virtual machine with a bytecode compiler and interpreter.</li>
     <li>{{sym-read}}, {{sym-write}}, {{sym-append}} now support reading and writing from/to binary files as well.</li>
+    <li>{{sym-!}} can now evaluate a quotation of integers as hex bytecode.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h4>Fixes</h4>

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ <h4>New Features</h4>
 <ul>
     <li>Implemented a virtual machine with a bytecode compiler and interpreter.</li>
     <li>{{sym-read}}, {{sym-write}}, {{sym-append}} now support reading and writing from/to binary files as well.</li>
+    <li>{{sym-!}} can now evaluate a quotation of integers as hex bytecode.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h4>Fixes</h4>

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ ((0x2 #) (error) try "Symbol name must be a string" ==)
     ;72
 
     (("puts" .) (error) try "Symbol '.' requires a quotation" ==)
-    (((puts) !) (error) try "Symbol '!' requires a string" ==)
+    (((puts) !) (error) try "Quotation must contain only integers" ==)
     (("3" 0x3 +) (error) try "Symbol '+' requires two integers" ==)
     (("3" 0x3 -) (error) try "Symbol '-' requires two integers" ==)
     ;76

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ d-releases ls . "releases" :
 d-templates "/page.html" cat "t-page" :
 
 ; Symbols to substitute with the corresponding links 
-("split" "run" "get" "puts" ":" "." "#" "==" "'" "swap" 
-"+" "*" "-" "each" "cat" "print" "read" "dec" "write" "append") "symbol-links" :
+("split" "run" "get" "puts" ":" "." "#" "==" "'" "swap" "dup"
+"+" "*" "-" "each" "cat" "print" "read" "dec" "write" "append" "!") "symbol-links" :
 
 ;; Syntax highlighting
 

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ hex_doc(docs, "clear", "", "", "Clears the stack.");
 
     // Evaluation
     hex_doc(docs, ".", "q", "*", "Pushes each item of 'q' on the stack.");
-    hex_doc(docs, "!", "s", "", "Evaluates 's' as a hex program.");
+    hex_doc(docs, "!", "(s|q)", "*", "Evaluates 's' as a hex program or 'q' as hex bytecode.");
     hex_doc(docs, "'", "a", "q", "Wraps 'a' in a quotation.");
 
     // Arithmetic

@@ -121,23 +121,58 @@ }
     return 0;
 }
 
-// evaluate a string
+// evaluate a string or bytecode array
 int hex_symbol_eval(hex_context_t *ctx)
 {
-
     HEX_POP(ctx, item);
     if (item.type == HEX_TYPE_INVALID)
     {
         HEX_FREE(ctx, item);
         return 1;
     }
-    if (item.type != HEX_TYPE_STRING)
+    if (item.type == HEX_TYPE_STRING)
+    {
+        return hex_interpret(ctx, item.data.str_value, "<!>", 1, 1);
+    }
+    else if (item.type == HEX_TYPE_QUOTATION)
+    {
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < item.quotation_size; i++)
+        {
+            if (item.data.quotation_value[i]->type != HEX_TYPE_INTEGER)
+            {
+                hex_error(ctx, "Quotation must contain only integers");
+                HEX_FREE(ctx, item);
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+        uint8_t *bytecode = (uint8_t *)malloc(item.quotation_size * sizeof(uint8_t));
+        if (!bytecode)
+        {
+            hex_error(ctx, "Memory allocation failed");
+            HEX_FREE(ctx, item);
+            return 1;
+        }
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < item.quotation_size; i++)
+        {
+            if (item.data.quotation_value[i]->type != HEX_TYPE_INTEGER)
+            {
+                hex_error(ctx, "Quotation must contain only integers");
+                free(bytecode);
+                HEX_FREE(ctx, item);
+                return 1;
+            }
+            bytecode[i] = (uint8_t)item.data.quotation_value[i]->data.int_value;
+        }
+        int result = hex_interpret_bytecode(ctx, bytecode, item.quotation_size);
+        free(bytecode);
+        return result;
+    }
+    else
     {
-        hex_error(ctx, "Symbol '!' requires a string");
+        hex_error(ctx, "Symbol '!' requires a string or a quotation of integers");
         HEX_FREE(ctx, item);
         return 1;
     }
-    return hex_interpret(ctx, item.data.str_value, "<!>", 1, 1);
 }
 
 // IO Symbols

@@ -381,8 +381,9 @@ <h5 id="i-symbol"><code>$:.$$</code> Symbol<a href="#top"></a></h5>
     <p><mark>q &rarr; *</mark></p>
     <p>Dequotes quotation <code>q</code>.</p>
     <h5 id="eval-symbol"><code>$:!$$</code> Symbol<a href="#top"></a></h5>
-    <p><mark>s &rarr;</mark></p>
-    <p>Evaluates the string <code>s</code> as an hex program.</p>
+    <p><mark>(s|q) &rarr; *</mark></p>
+    <p>Evaluates the string <code>s</code> as an hex program, or the array of integers to be interpreted as hex bytecode
+        (HBX format).</p>
     <h5 id="quote-symbol"><code>$:&#39;$$</code> Symbol<a href="#top"></a></h5>
     <p><mark>a &rarr; q</mark></p>
     <p>Pushes the literal <code>a</code> wrapped in a quotation on the stack.</p>