diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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index 0000000..82a0201
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+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Contributing
+
+## Code of Conduct
+Be nice, we are all just doing this to have fun
+
+## General rules
+- All text (names, comments, etc.) has to be in English
+- You are responsible for ensuring that you have the rights for us to use the code you contribute to the project
+- follow the guidelines, for code, documentation, etc.
+- all code has to work with the standard symphony ISA
+
+## Documenting Functions
+All functions in the standard library should follow the following outline:
+```
+; <description>
+; Arguments: <which register contains what argument>
+; Result: <what is the result, and where is it stored>
+; Clobbers: <list of registers that are clobbered>
+fn_label: <;SHOULD BE INLINED>
+    CODE 
+
+```
+
+Functions should be in the appropriate asm file, if you are unsure where functionality fits make a seperate file and ask in the pull request
+Functions that are provided for convenience/reference but should be inlined in production code should be marked with `;SHOULD BE INLINED` after their label
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44ed975..1a3d693 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,46 @@
-# symphony_stdlib
+# Symphony Stdlib
 
-standard library for symphony
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+This is a standard library for symphony.
+It is both intended as a practical toolkit to develop more complex software as well as a teaching resource.
+
+If you just want to use the standard library [[stdlib.asm]] is your main header, include it after your code.
+
+If you are using it as a learning resource have a look at the [teaching folder](teaching).
+
+If you are intersted in contributing have a look at [[CONTRIBUTING.md]]
+
+---
+
+## ABI
+
+### Calling Convention
+| class | registers |
+| ----- | --------- |
+| n.a. | zr |
+| preserved | sp, r8 - r12 |
+| scratch | flags, r1 - r7 |
+| arguments | r1 - r7 |
+| result | r1-r7 |
+| return address | r13 |
+
+Arguments not fitting into the 7 registers should be passed on the top of the stack, meaning they should be the last values pushed before the function call.
+Arguments are passed in reverse order with the stack so:
+lowest address = 1st stack arg
+highest address = last stack arg
+
+Should a function return more values than fit into the 7 registers, the caller has to allocate space on the stack for them, and pass the pointer to that space in the next free argument register.
+This reduces the amount of argument registers to 6 and all arguments above that shall go on the stack, the pointer to the result stack shall **always** be passed in an argument register.
+This register points at the highest available address for results, with the 8th result being stored there, the 9th below it and so on.
+
+### Stack
+Grows downwards from 0xXXFE_0000 (so top of memory -0x1_0000).
+
+### Types
+
+#### String
+Strings are stored in memory as null terminated sequences of bytes encoding ascii characters.
+They should be passed by reference.
+
+#### Array
+Arrays are stored in memory with a reference to them being the tuple (pointer, length) stored in a register pair.
+Array elements may only have a size of 8/16/32 bits
diff --git a/bit.asm b/bit.asm
index f015315..3cba7a6 100644
--- a/bit.asm
+++ b/bit.asm
@@ -70,3 +70,25 @@ pub popc:
 	add r4, r4, r2
 	and r1, r4, 0xFF ; mask out end result in lowest byte
 	jmp r13
+
+; Calculates the parity of the value provided in the r1 register
+; i.e. 0 means even bits set, 1 means odd bits set
+; Based on Stanford's BitHacks
+; Clobbers r2
+pub parity:
+	; v ^= v >> 16;
+	lsr r2, r1, 16
+	xor r1, r1, r2
+	; v ^= v >> 8;
+	lsr r2, r1, 8
+	xor r1, r1, r2
+	; v ^= v >> 4;
+	lsr r2, r1, 4
+	xor r1, r1, r2
+	; v &= 0xf;
+	and r1, r1, 0x0F
+	; return (0x6996 >> v) & 1;
+	mov r2, 0x6996
+	lsr r1, r2, r1
+	and r1, r1, 0x01
+	jmp r13
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diff --git a/imath.asm b/imath.asm
index 3262321..0c08923 100644
--- a/imath.asm
+++ b/imath.asm
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+; Multiplies r1 and r2, returning the lower part of the result
+; Arguments:
+; r1 - The first value
+; r2 - The second value
+; Result:
+; r1 - The lower 32 bits of the result
+; Clobbers: r2, r3, r4, r5
 pub mul_low:
 	mov r3, 0 ; result
 	mov r4, 31 ; loop counter
 	
-	mull_loop:
+	mul_low_loop:
 		asr r5, r2, 31
 		and r5, r5, r1
 		lsl r5, r5, r4
@@ -10,7 +17,67 @@ pub mul_low:
 		lsl r2, r2, 1
 		sub r4, r4, 1
 		cmp r4, 0
-		jge mull_loop
+		jge mul_low_loop
 	mov r1, r3
 	
+	jmp r13
+
+; Calculates the absolute value of the value provided in the r1 register
+; Arguments:
+; r1 - The value for which we want the absolute value
+; Result:
+; r1 - The calculated absolute value
+; Clobbers: r2
+; Info: Based on Stanford's BitHacks
+pub abs: ; SHOULD BE INLINED
+	; mask = v >> 31
+	asr r2, r1, 31
+	; v + mask
+	add r1, r1, r2
+	; return (v + mask) ^ mask
+	xor r1, r1, r2
+	jmp r13
+
+; Calculates the minimum value of the two values provided in the r1 and r2 registers
+; Arguments:
+; r1 - The first value
+; r2 - The second value
+; Result:
+; r1 - The smaller value
+; Clobbers: Nothing
+; Info: Based on Stanford's BitHacks
+pub min: ; SHOULD BE INLINED
+	; x < y
+	cmp r1, r2
+	lsr flags, flags, 2
+	; -(x < y)
+	neg flags, flags
+	; x ^ y
+	xor r1, r1, r2
+	; (x ^ y) & -(x < y)
+	and r1, r1, flags
+	; return y ^ ((x ^ y) & -(x < y))
+	xor r1, r2, r1
+	jmp r13
+
+; Calculates the maximum value of the two values provided in the r1 and r2 registers
+; Arguments:
+; r1 - The first value
+; r2 - The second value
+; Result:
+; r1 - The smaller value
+; Clobbers: r2
+; Info: Based on Stanford's BitHacks
+pub max: ; SHOULD BE INLINED
+	; x < y
+	cmp r1, r2
+	lsr flags, flags, 2
+	; -(x < y)
+	neg flags, flags
+	; x ^ y
+	xor r2, r1, r2
+	; (x ^ y) & -(x < y)
+	and r2, r2, flags
+	; return x ^ ((x ^ y) & -(x < y))
+	xor r1, r1, r2
 	jmp r13
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diff --git a/stdlib.asm b/stdlib.asm
index fdb3385..a17a956 100644
--- a/stdlib.asm
+++ b/stdlib.asm
@@ -1,29 +1,6 @@
-; ===== INTRODUCTION =====
-; This is supposed to provide some standard library functionality for stock symphony.
-; In particular its supposed to work with an unmodified ISA, that means some choices are not 
-; optimal (RA being stored in flags for example)
-
-; ===== ABI =====
-
-; ----- CALLING CONVENTION -----
-; n.a. zr
-; preserved: sp, r8 - r12
-; scratch: flags, r1 - r7
-; arguments: r1 - r7 (r1 = 1st argument, r6 = 6th arg/stack args, r7 = 7th arg/stack res)
-; result: r1, r2 (r1 = low word, r2 = high word)
-; return address: r13
-
-; ----- STACK -----
-; grows downwards from top of memory
-; arguments are passed in reverse order with the stack so:
-; lowest address = 1st stack arg
-; highest address = last stack arg
-
-; ===== TYPES =====
-
 pub include bit
 pub include imath
 pub include console
 
 ; Needs to be last!
-pub include LUTs
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+pub include LUTs
diff --git a/teaching/README.md b/teaching/README.md
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index 0000000..67ae43d
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+++ b/teaching/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Teaching
+
+This is a collection of teaching advice regarding the stdlib.
+
+**WIP**