diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 244f2dd4..27312568 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ micro-mes: doc/examples/micro-mes.c GNUmakefile
 	gcc -nostdlib --std=gnu99 -m32 -o micro-mes '-DVERSION="0.4"' $<
 	chmod +x $@
 
+main: doc/examples/main.c GNUmakefile
+	rm -f $@
+	gcc -nostdlib --std=gnu99 -m32 -o main '-DVERSION="0.4"' $<
+	chmod +x $@
+
 clean:
 	rm -f mes mes.o *.environment.i *.symbols.i *.environment.h *.cat a.out
 
diff --git a/doc/examples/main.c b/doc/examples/main.c
index 912aaf57..93348108 100644
--- a/doc/examples/main.c
+++ b/doc/examples/main.c
@@ -1,3 +1,59 @@
+#if __GNUC__
+
+void
+write (int fd, char const* s, int n)
+{
+  int r;
+  //syscall (SYS_write, fd, s, n));
+  asm (
+       "mov %0, %%ebx\n\t"
+       "mov %1, %%ecx\n\t"
+       "mov %2, %%edx\n\t"
+
+       "mov $0x4, %%eax\n\t"
+       "int $0x80\n\t"
+       : // no outputs "=" (r)
+       : "" (fd), "" (s), "" (n)
+       : "eax", "ebx", "ecx", "edx"
+       );
+}
+
+void
+exit (int code)
+{
+  asm (
+       "movl %0, %%ebx\n\t"
+       "movl $1,  %%eax\n\t"
+       "int  $0x80"
+       : // no outputs "=" (r)
+       : "" (code)
+       );
+  // not reached
+  exit (0);
+}
+
+#define STDOUT 1
+
+typedef long size_t;
+size_t
+strlen (char const* s)
+{
+  int i = 0;
+  while (s[i]) i++;
+  return i;
+}
+
+int
+puts (char const* s)
+{
+  //write (STDOUT, s, strlen (s));
+  //int i = write (STDOUT, s, strlen (s));
+  int i = strlen (s);
+  write (1, s, i);
+  return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 int
 main ()
 {
@@ -6,3 +62,12 @@ main ()
     puts ("  Hello, world!\n");
   return 42;
 }
+
+#if __GNUC__
+void
+_start ()
+{
+  int r=main ();
+  exit (r);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/module/language/c99/compiler.mes b/module/language/c99/compiler.mes
index 66c9c1da..7388bec5 100644
--- a/module/language/c99/compiler.mes
+++ b/module/language/c99/compiler.mes
@@ -235,8 +235,7 @@
                       (append text (list (lambda (f g t d)
                                            (i386:call f g t d
                                                       (+ t (function-offset name f))
-                                                      (+ d (data-offset string globals
-                                                                        ))))))
+                                                      (+ d (data-offset string g))))))
                       #:globals globals))))
         
         ((expr-stmt (fctn-call (p-expr (ident ,name)) (expr-list . ,expr-list)))
@@ -265,6 +264,50 @@
                           body-text)
                   #:globals (.globals body-info))))
 
+        (;;(for ,init ,test ,step ,body)
+         (for ,init
+              ;; FIXME: ,test
+              (lt (p-expr (ident ,name)) (p-expr (fixed ,value)))
+              ,step ,body)
+         (let* ((value (string->number value))
+                (info (clone info #:text '()))
+
+                (info ((ast->info info) init))
+
+                (init-text (.text info))
+                (init-locals (.locals info))
+                (info (clone info #:text '()))
+
+                (body-info ((ast->info info) body))
+                (body-text (.text body-info))
+                (body-length (length (text->list body-text)))
+
+                (step-info ((ast->info info) `(expr-stmt ,step)))
+                (step-text (.text step-info))
+                (step-length (length (text->list step-text)))
+
+                ;; (test-info ((ast->info info) test))
+                ;; (test-text (.text test-info))
+                ;; (test-length (length (text->list test-text)))
+                )
+
+           (clone info #:text
+                  (append text
+                          init-text
+                          (list (lambda (f g t d) (i386:jump body-length)))
+                          body-text
+                          step-text
+                          ;;test-text
+                          ;;(list (lambda (f g t d) (i386:jump-nz (- (+ body-length test-length)))))
+                          (list (lambda (f g t d)
+                                  (append
+                                   (i386:local-test (assoc-ref init-locals name) value)
+                                   (i386:jump-le (- (+ body-length step-length 2) ;;test-length
+                                                    )))))
+                          )
+                  #:globals (append globals (.globals body-info))
+                  #:locals locals)))
+
         ((while ,test ,body)
          (let* ((info (clone info #:text '()))
                 (body-info ((ast->info info) body))
@@ -300,11 +343,18 @@
                                       ((ident->accu locals) index)
                                       (i386:mem-byte->accu))))))) ; FIXME: type: char
         
+        ;; i++
         ((expr-stmt (post-inc (p-expr (ident ,name))))
          (clone info #:text
                 (append text (list (lambda (f g t d)
                                      (i386:local-add (assoc-ref locals name) 1))))))
 
+        ;; ++i -- same for now FIXME
+        ((expr-stmt (pre-inc (p-expr (ident ,name))))
+         (clone info #:text
+                (append text (list (lambda (f g t d)
+                                     (i386:local-add (assoc-ref locals name) 1))))))
+
         ((return ,expr)
          (clone info #:text
                 (append text (list (i386:ret ((expr->accu info) expr))))))