diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+
+/target
+**/*.rs.bk
+Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "rust-g"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Bjorn Neergaard <bjorn@neersighted.com>"]
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["lib", "cdylib"]
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
+
+[dependencies]
+chrono = "0.4"
+libc = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/src/byond.rs b/src/byond.rs
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+++ b/src/byond.rs
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+use std::cell::Cell;
+use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
+use std::slice;
+
+use libc::{c_char, c_int};
+
+thread_local! {
+    static RETURN_STRING: Cell<CString> = Cell::new(Default::default());
+}
+
+pub fn parse_args(argc: c_int, argv: *const *const c_char) -> Vec<String> {
+    let args: Vec<&CStr> = unsafe {
+        slice::from_raw_parts(argv, argc as usize)
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|ptr| CStr::from_ptr(*ptr))
+            .collect()
+    };
+
+    args.into_iter()
+        .map(|cstr| cstr.to_string_lossy())
+        .map(|str| str.into_owned())
+        .collect()
+}
+
+pub fn return_string(string: Option<String>) -> *const c_char {
+    let cstring = match string {
+        Some(msg) => CString::new(msg).expect("null in returned string!"),
+        None => CString::new("").unwrap(),
+    };
+    let ptr = cstring.as_ptr();
+
+    RETURN_STRING.with(|cell| {
+        cell.set(cstring);
+    });
+
+    ptr as *const c_char
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! byond_function {
+    ($name:ident() $body:block) => {
+        #[no_mangle]
+        pub extern "C" fn $name(
+            _argc: ::libc::c_int, _argv: *const *const ::libc::c_char
+        ) -> *const ::libc::c_char {
+            ::byond::return_string((|| $body)())
+        }
+    };
+
+    ($name:ident($($arg:ident),*) $body:block) => {
+        #[no_mangle]
+        pub extern "C" fn $name(
+            _argc: ::libc::c_int, _argv: *const *const ::libc::c_char
+        ) -> *const ::libc::c_char {
+            let __args = ::byond::parse_args(_argc, _argv);
+
+            let mut __argn = 0;
+            $(
+                let $arg = &__args[__argn];
+                __argn += 1;
+            )*
+
+            ::byond::return_string((|| $body)())
+        }
+    };
+}
+
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
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+++ b/src/lib.rs
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+extern crate chrono;
+extern crate libc;
+
+#[macro_use]
+mod byond;
+
+pub mod log;
diff --git a/src/log.rs b/src/log.rs
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+++ b/src/log.rs
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+use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::hash_map::Entry::{Occupied, Vacant};
+use std::fs;
+use std::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
+use std::io;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use chrono::Utc;
+
+thread_local! {
+    static FILE_MAP: RefCell<HashMap<String, File>> = RefCell::new(HashMap::new());
+}
+
+fn timestamp_string(data: &str) -> String {
+    format!("[{}] {}", Utc::now().format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%.3f"), data)
+}
+
+fn write(filename: &str, data: String) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    FILE_MAP.with(|cell| {
+        let mut map = cell.borrow_mut();
+        let file = match map.entry(filename.to_owned()) {
+            Occupied(elem) => elem.into_mut(),
+            Vacant(elem) => {
+                let path = Path::new(filename);
+                match path.parent() {
+                    Some(p) => fs::create_dir_all(p)?,
+                    None => {},
+                };
+
+                let file = OpenOptions::new()
+                    .append(true)
+                    .create(true)
+                    .open(path)?;
+                elem.insert(file)
+            },
+        };
+
+        writeln!(file, "{}", data)
+    })
+}
+
+fn close() {
+    FILE_MAP.with(|cell| {
+        let mut map = cell.borrow_mut();
+        map.clear();
+    });
+}
+
+byond_function! { log_write(filename, line) {
+    let line = timestamp_string(line);
+
+    match write(filename, line) {
+        Ok(_) => None,
+        Err(err) => Some(err.to_string()),
+    }
+} }
+
+byond_function! { log_close_all() {
+    close();
+
+    None
+} }