diff --git a/c3/.gitignore b/c3/.gitignore
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+++ b/c3/.gitignore
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+bin/*
+!bin/run
+
+**/problem
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/c3/2015/1/problem.c3 b/c3/2015/1/problem.c3
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+++ b/c3/2015/1/problem.c3
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+import std::io;
+
+fn void main()
+{
+  String! line = io::readline();
+  if (try line) {
+    int floor = 0;
+    foreach (paren : line) {
+      if (paren == '(') floor++;
+      if (paren == ')') floor--;
+    }
+    io::printfn("Part 1: %d", floor);
+
+    floor = 0;
+    int index = 0;
+    foreach (paren : line) {
+      if (paren == '(') floor++;
+      if (paren == ')') floor--;
+      index++;
+      if (floor < 0) break;
+    }
+    io::printfn("Part 2: %d", index);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/c3/README.md b/c3/README.md
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+++ b/c3/README.md
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+To run this, download the c3 tar and unzip it directly into the bin directory
diff --git a/c3/bin/run b/c3/bin/run
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/c3/bin/run
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+year=$1
+day=$2
+
+../c3/bin/c3c compile -o $year/$day/problem $year/$day/problem.c3 && \
+time (cat ../data/$year/$day/input.txt | ./$year/$day/problem)