diff --git a/build.bat b/build.bat
index ce58a8839..2fe7a1cbd 100644
--- a/build.bat
+++ b/build.bat
@@ -23,12 +23,18 @@ set compiler_warnings= ^
 	-wd4505 -wd4512 -wd4550
 
 set compiler_includes=
-set libs= kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib opengl32.lib ..\src\utf8proc\utf8proc.lib
+set libs= kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib opengl32.lib
 
 set linker_flags= -incremental:no -opt:ref -subsystem:console
 
-rem Debug
-if %release_mode% EQU 0 (set linker_flags=%linker_flags% -debug)
+
+if %release_mode% EQU 0 ( rem Debug
+	set linker_flags=%linker_flags% -debug
+	set libs=%libs% ..\src\utf8proc\utf8proc_debug.lib
+) else ( rem Release
+	set linker_flags=%linker_flags%
+	set libs=%libs% ..\src\utf8proc\utf8proc.lib
+)
 
 set compiler_settings=%compiler_includes% %compiler_flags% %compiler_warnings%
 set linker_settings=%libs% %linker_flags%
diff --git a/examples/basic.odin b/examples/basic.odin
index e9ffe5591..42d7404c2 100644
--- a/examples/basic.odin
+++ b/examples/basic.odin
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ print_rune :: proc(r: rune) {
 	print_string(str);
 }
 
-print_space :: proc() { print_rune($ $); }
-print_nl    :: proc() { print_rune($\n$); }
+print_space :: proc() { print_rune(#rune " "); }
+print_nl    :: proc() { print_rune(#rune "\n"); }
 
 print_int :: proc(i: int) {
 	print_int_base(i, 10);
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ print_int_base :: proc(i, base: int) {
 		i = -i;
 	}
 	if i == 0 {
-		buf[len] = $0$;
+		buf[len] = #rune "0";
 		len++;
 	}
 	for i > 0 {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ print_int_base :: proc(i, base: int) {
 	}
 
 	if negative {
-		buf[len] = $-$;
+		buf[len] = #rune "-";
 		len++;
 	}
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ print_int_base :: proc(i, base: int) {
 }
 
 print_uint :: proc(i: uint) {
-	print__uint(i, 10, 0, $ $);
+	print__uint(i, 10, 0, #rune " ");
 }
 print__uint :: proc(i, base: uint, min_width: int, pad_char: byte) {
 	NUM_TO_CHAR_TABLE :: "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz@$";
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ print__uint :: proc(i, base: uint, min_width: int, pad_char: byte) {
 	buf: [65]byte;
 	len := 0;
 	if i == 0 {
-		buf[len] = $0$;
+		buf[len] = #rune "0";
 		len++;
 	}
 	for i > 0 {
@@ -119,18 +119,18 @@ print_bool :: proc(b : bool) {
 	else { print_string("false"); }
 }
 
-print_pointer :: proc(p: rawptr) #inline { print__uint(p as uint, 16, 0, $ $); }
+print_pointer :: proc(p: rawptr) #inline { print__uint(p as uint, 16, 0, #rune " "); }
 
 print_f32     :: proc(f: f32) #inline { print__f64(f as f64, 7); }
 print_f64     :: proc(f: f64) #inline { print__f64(f, 10); }
 
 print__f64 :: proc(f: f64, decimal_places: int) {
 	if f == 0 {
-		print_rune($0$);
+		print_rune(#rune "0");
 		return;
 	}
 	if f < 0 {
-		print_rune($-$);
+		print_rune(#rune "-");
 		f = -f;
 	}
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ print__f64 :: proc(f: f64, decimal_places: int) {
 		buf: [22]byte;
 		len := 0;
 		if i == 0 {
-			buf[len] = $0$;
+			buf[len] = #rune "0";
 			len++;
 		}
 		for i > 0 {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ print__f64 :: proc(f: f64, decimal_places: int) {
 	print_u64(i);
 	f -= i as f64;
 
-	print_rune($.$);
+	print_rune(#rune ".");
 
 	mult := 10.0;
 	for decimal_places := 6; decimal_places >= 0; decimal_places-- {
diff --git a/examples/demo.odin b/examples/demo.odin
index 491a79900..ce6ed4346 100644
--- a/examples/demo.odin
+++ b/examples/demo.odin
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 #load "game.odin"
 
 main :: proc() {
-	_ = hellope();
-	procedures();
-	variables();
-	constants();
-	types();
-	data_control();
-	using_fields();
+	// _ = hellope();
+	// procedures();
+	// variables();
+	// constants();
+	// types();
+	// data_control();
+	// using_fields();
 
 
-	// run_game();
+	run_game();
 }
 
 hellope :: proc() -> int {
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ types :: proc() {
 		// FORENOTE: 5 * h was originally allowed but it was an edge case in the
 		// compiler I didn't think it was enough to justify have it it.
 
-		print_f32(i[0]); print_rune($,$);
+		print_f32(i[0]); print_rune(#rune ",");
 		print_f32(i[1]); print_nl();
 	}
 
@@ -502,12 +502,12 @@ void main() {
 }`;
 
 
-		hearts1 := $💕$;
-		hearts2 := $\U0001f495$; // 32 bit
-		hearts3 := "\xf0\x9f\x92\x95"; // Note it's a string, should I allow untyped string -> untyped rune casts?
+		hearts1 := #rune "💕";
+		hearts2 := #rune "\U0001f495"; // 32 bit
+		hearts3 := #rune "\xf0\x9f\x92\x95";
 
-		㐒 := $㐒$;
-		㐒16 := $\u4db5$; // 16 bit
+		㐒 := #rune "㐒";
+		㐒16 := #rune "\u4db5"; // 16 bit but will be `rune`
 		// String ideas "nicked" from Go, so far. I think I might change how some of it works later.
 	}
 
diff --git a/examples/game.odin b/examples/game.odin
index f6afb92bf..b4e97a2ce 100644
--- a/examples/game.odin
+++ b/examples/game.odin
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #load "opengl.odin"
 #load "math.odin"
 
-TWO_HEARTS :: $💕$;
+TWO_HEARTS :: #rune "💕";
 
 win32_perf_count_freq := GetQueryPerformanceFrequency();
 time_now :: proc() -> f64 {
diff --git a/examples/win32.odin b/examples/win32.odin
index ee58367f7..b262cbca3 100644
--- a/examples/win32.odin
+++ b/examples/win32.odin
@@ -291,43 +291,43 @@ VK_INSERT     :: 0x2D;
 VK_DELETE     :: 0x2E;
 VK_HELP       :: 0x2F;
 
-VK_0 :: $0$;
-VK_1 :: $1$;
-VK_2 :: $2$;
-VK_3 :: $3$;
-VK_4 :: $4$;
-VK_5 :: $5$;
-VK_6 :: $6$;
-VK_7 :: $7$;
-VK_8 :: $8$;
-VK_9 :: $9$;
+VK_0 :: #rune "0";
+VK_1 :: #rune "1";
+VK_2 :: #rune "2";
+VK_3 :: #rune "3";
+VK_4 :: #rune "4";
+VK_5 :: #rune "5";
+VK_6 :: #rune "6";
+VK_7 :: #rune "7";
+VK_8 :: #rune "8";
+VK_9 :: #rune "9";
 
-VK_A :: $A$;
-VK_B :: $B$;
-VK_C :: $C$;
-VK_D :: $D$;
-VK_E :: $E$;
-VK_F :: $F$;
-VK_G :: $G$;
-VK_H :: $H$;
-VK_I :: $I$;
-VK_J :: $J$;
-VK_K :: $K$;
-VK_L :: $L$;
-VK_M :: $M$;
-VK_N :: $N$;
-VK_O :: $O$;
-VK_P :: $P$;
-VK_Q :: $Q$;
-VK_R :: $R$;
-VK_S :: $S$;
-VK_T :: $T$;
-VK_U :: $U$;
-VK_V :: $V$;
-VK_W :: $W$;
-VK_X :: $X$;
-VK_Y :: $Y$;
-VK_Z :: $Z$;
+VK_A :: #rune "A";
+VK_B :: #rune "B";
+VK_C :: #rune "C";
+VK_D :: #rune "D";
+VK_E :: #rune "E";
+VK_F :: #rune "F";
+VK_G :: #rune "G";
+VK_H :: #rune "H";
+VK_I :: #rune "I";
+VK_J :: #rune "J";
+VK_K :: #rune "K";
+VK_L :: #rune "L";
+VK_M :: #rune "M";
+VK_N :: #rune "N";
+VK_O :: #rune "O";
+VK_P :: #rune "P";
+VK_Q :: #rune "Q";
+VK_R :: #rune "R";
+VK_S :: #rune "S";
+VK_T :: #rune "T";
+VK_U :: #rune "U";
+VK_V :: #rune "V";
+VK_W :: #rune "W";
+VK_X :: #rune "X";
+VK_Y :: #rune "Y";
+VK_Z :: #rune "Z";
 
 VK_LWIN       :: 0x5B;
 VK_RWIN       :: 0x5C;
diff --git a/misc/lib_maker.bat b/misc/lib_maker.bat
index 5f6f323ff..ca49f9400 100644
--- a/misc/lib_maker.bat
+++ b/misc/lib_maker.bat
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ FOR %%f IN (name) do (
    FOR %%g in (!%%f!) do set "%%f=%%~ng"
 )
 
-cl -nologo -O2 -MDd -TP -c %file_input% ^
+cl -nologo -O2 -MT -TP -c %file_input% ^
 	&& lib -nologo %name%.obj -out:%name%.lib ^
 	&& del *.obj
diff --git a/src/checker/checker.cpp b/src/checker/checker.cpp
index 458ce0dce..fb2b9139e 100644
--- a/src/checker/checker.cpp
+++ b/src/checker/checker.cpp
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ void scope_lookup_parent_entity(Checker *c, Scope *s, String name, Scope **scope
 		if (found) {
 			Entity *e = *found;
 			if (gone_thru_proc) {
-				if (e->kind == Entity_Variable && e->parent != c->global_scope) {
+				if (e->kind == Entity_Variable && e->scope != c->global_scope) {
 					continue;
 				}
 			}
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ Entity *scope_insert_entity(Scope *s, Entity *entity) {
 	if (found)
 		return *found;
 	map_set(&s->elements, key, entity);
-	if (entity->parent == NULL)
-		entity->parent = s;
+	if (entity->scope == NULL)
+		entity->scope = s;
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ void check_parsed_files(Checker *c) {
 			case_ast_node(td, TypeDecl, decl);
 				ast_node(n, Ident, td->name);
 				Entity *e = make_entity_type_name(c->allocator, c->global_scope, n->token, NULL);
-				DeclInfo *d = make_declaration_info(c->allocator, e->parent);
+				DeclInfo *d = make_declaration_info(c->allocator, e->scope);
 				d->type_expr = td->type;
 				add_file_entity(c, td->name, e, d);
 			case_end;
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ void check_parsed_files(Checker *c) {
 				Token token = n->token;
 				Entity *e = make_entity_procedure(c->allocator, c->global_scope, token, NULL);
 				add_entity(c, c->global_scope, pd->name, e);
-				DeclInfo *d = make_declaration_info(c->allocator, e->parent);
+				DeclInfo *d = make_declaration_info(c->allocator, e->scope);
 				d->proc_decl = decl;
 				map_set(&c->info.entities, hash_pointer(e), d);
 			case_end;
diff --git a/src/checker/entity.cpp b/src/checker/entity.cpp
index b59481319..90c4f3198 100644
--- a/src/checker/entity.cpp
+++ b/src/checker/entity.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct Entity {
 	EntityKind kind;
 	EntityGuid guid;
 
-	Scope *parent;
+	Scope *scope;
 	Token token;
 	Type *type;
 
@@ -54,52 +54,52 @@ EntityGuid next_entity_guid(void) {
 	return cast(EntityGuid)gb_atomic64_fetch_add(&entity_guid_counter, 1);
 }
 
-Entity *alloc_entity(gbAllocator a, EntityKind kind, Scope *parent, Token token, Type *type) {
+Entity *alloc_entity(gbAllocator a, EntityKind kind, Scope *scope, Token token, Type *type) {
 	Entity *entity = gb_alloc_item(a, Entity);
 	entity->kind   = kind;
 	entity->guid   = next_entity_guid();
-	entity->parent = parent;
+	entity->scope  = scope;
 	entity->token  = token;
 	entity->type   = type;
 	return entity;
 }
 
-Entity *make_entity_variable(gbAllocator a, Scope *parent, Token token, Type *type) {
-	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_Variable, parent, token, type);
+Entity *make_entity_variable(gbAllocator a, Scope *scope, Token token, Type *type) {
+	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_Variable, scope, token, type);
 	return entity;
 }
 
-Entity *make_entity_constant(gbAllocator a, Scope *parent, Token token, Type *type, ExactValue value) {
-	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_Constant, parent, token, type);
+Entity *make_entity_constant(gbAllocator a, Scope *scope, Token token, Type *type, ExactValue value) {
+	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_Constant, scope, token, type);
 	entity->Constant.value = value;
 	return entity;
 }
 
-Entity *make_entity_type_name(gbAllocator a, Scope *parent, Token token, Type *type) {
-	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_TypeName, parent, token, type);
+Entity *make_entity_type_name(gbAllocator a, Scope *scope, Token token, Type *type) {
+	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_TypeName, scope, token, type);
 	return entity;
 }
 
-Entity *make_entity_param(gbAllocator a, Scope *parent, Token token, Type *type) {
-	Entity *entity = make_entity_variable(a, parent, token, type);
+Entity *make_entity_param(gbAllocator a, Scope *scope, Token token, Type *type) {
+	Entity *entity = make_entity_variable(a, scope, token, type);
 	entity->Variable.used = true;
 	return entity;
 }
 
-Entity *make_entity_field(gbAllocator a, Scope *parent, Token token, Type *type, b32 is_anonymous) {
-	Entity *entity = make_entity_variable(a, parent, token, type);
+Entity *make_entity_field(gbAllocator a, Scope *scope, Token token, Type *type, b32 is_anonymous) {
+	Entity *entity = make_entity_variable(a, scope, token, type);
 	entity->Variable.is_field  = true;
 	entity->Variable.anonymous = cast(b8)is_anonymous;
 	return entity;
 }
 
-Entity *make_entity_procedure(gbAllocator a, Scope *parent, Token token, Type *signature_type) {
-	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_Procedure, parent, token, signature_type);
+Entity *make_entity_procedure(gbAllocator a, Scope *scope, Token token, Type *signature_type) {
+	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_Procedure, scope, token, signature_type);
 	return entity;
 }
 
-Entity *make_entity_builtin(gbAllocator a, Scope *parent, Token token, Type *type, BuiltinProcId id) {
-	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_Builtin, parent, token, type);
+Entity *make_entity_builtin(gbAllocator a, Scope *scope, Token token, Type *type, BuiltinProcId id) {
+	Entity *entity = alloc_entity(a, Entity_Builtin, scope, token, type);
 	entity->Builtin.id = id;
 	return entity;
 }
diff --git a/src/checker/stmt.cpp b/src/checker/stmt.cpp
index e120a467f..e4dc5f7f3 100644
--- a/src/checker/stmt.cpp
+++ b/src/checker/stmt.cpp
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ void check_proc_body(Checker *c, Token token, DeclInfo *decl, Type *type, AstNod
 
 	push_procedure(c, type);
 	ast_node(bs, BlockStmt, body);
+	// TODO(bill): Check declarations first (except mutable variable declarations)
 	check_stmt_list(c, bs->list, 0);
 	if (type->Proc.result_count > 0) {
 		if (!check_is_terminating(c, body)) {
@@ -394,7 +395,7 @@ void check_proc_body(Checker *c, Token token, DeclInfo *decl, Type *type, AstNod
 void check_proc_decl(Checker *c, Entity *e, DeclInfo *d, b32 check_body_later) {
 	GB_ASSERT(e->type == NULL);
 
-	Type *proc_type = make_type_proc(c->allocator, e->parent, NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
+	Type *proc_type = make_type_proc(c->allocator, e->scope, NULL, 0, NULL, 0);
 	e->type = proc_type;
 	ast_node(pd, ProcDecl, d->proc_decl);
 
@@ -864,7 +865,7 @@ void check_stmt(Checker *c, AstNode *node, u32 flags) {
 		add_entity(c, c->context.scope, pd->name, e);
 
 		DeclInfo decl = {};
-		init_declaration_info(&decl, e->parent);
+		init_declaration_info(&decl, e->scope);
 		decl.proc_decl = node;
 		check_proc_decl(c, e, &decl, false);
 		destroy_declaration_info(&decl);
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c2cbb124b..26ef255ce 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -82,11 +82,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	char const *output_name = ssa.output_file.filename;
 	isize base_name_len = gb_path_extension(output_name)-1 - output_name;
 
-	i32 exit_code = win32_exec_command_line_app(
+
+
+	i32 exit_code = 0;
+	exit_code = win32_exec_command_line_app(
 		"../misc/llvm-bin/opt -mem2reg %s -o %.*s.bc",
 		output_name, cast(int)base_name_len, output_name);
 	if (exit_code != 0)
 		return exit_code;
+#if 1
+#endif
 
 	exit_code = win32_exec_command_line_app(
 		"clang -o %.*s.exe %.*s.bc "
diff --git a/src/parser.cpp b/src/parser.cpp
index ca090a9c7..1691e76de 100644
--- a/src/parser.cpp
+++ b/src/parser.cpp
@@ -1144,7 +1144,22 @@ AstNode *parse_operand(AstFile *f, b32 lhs) {
 
 	case Token_Hash: {
 		operand = parse_tag_expr(f, NULL);
-		operand->TagExpr.expr = parse_expr(f, false);
+		String name = operand->TagExpr.name.string;
+		if (are_strings_equal(name, make_string("rune"))) {
+			if (f->cursor[0].kind == Token_String) {
+				Token *s = &f->cursor[0];
+
+				if (gb_utf8_strnlen(s->string.text, s->string.len) != 1) {
+					ast_file_err(f, *s, "Invalid rune literal %.*s", LIT(s->string));
+				}
+				s->kind = Token_Rune; // NOTE(bill): Change it
+			} else {
+				expect_token(f, Token_String);
+			}
+			operand = parse_operand(f, lhs);
+		} else {
+			operand->TagExpr.expr = parse_expr(f, false);
+		}
 		return operand;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/tokenizer.cpp b/src/tokenizer.cpp
index c931a7eb0..a5d8c8c82 100644
--- a/src/tokenizer.cpp
+++ b/src/tokenizer.cpp
@@ -698,43 +698,6 @@ Token tokenizer_get_token(Tokenizer *t) {
 			}
 		} break;
 
-		case '$': { // Rune Literal
-			b32 valid = true;
-			isize len = 0;
-			token.kind = Token_Rune;
-			for (;;) {
-				Rune r = t->curr_rune;
-				if (r == '\n' || r < 0) {
-					if (valid)
-						tokenizer_err(t, "Rune literal not terminated");
-					break;
-				}
-				advance_to_next_rune(t);
-				if (r == '$')
-					break;
-				len++;
-				if (r == '\\') {
-					if (!scan_escape(t, '$'))
-						valid = false;
-				}
-			}
-
-			token.string.len = t->curr - token.string.text;
-			if (valid && len != 1) {
-				tokenizer_err(t, "Invalid rune literal %.*s", LIT(token.string));
-			} else {
-				i32 success = unquote_string(gb_heap_allocator(), &token.string);
-				if (success > 0) {
-					if (success == 2) {
-						gb_array_append(t->allocated_strings, token.string);
-					}
-					return token;
-				} else {
-					tokenizer_err(t, "Invalid rune literal %.*s", LIT(token.string));
-				}
-			}
-		} break;
-
 		case '.':
 			token.kind = Token_Period; // Default
 			if (gb_is_between(t->curr_rune, '0', '9')) { // Might be a number