diff --git a/src/binarytree.c b/src/binarytree.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+struct element
+{
+    int data;
+
+    struct element * left;
+    struct element * right;
+};
+
+struct element *
+newElement(int data)
+{
+    struct element * el = malloc(sizeof(struct element));
+    el->data  = data;
+    el->left  = NULL;
+    el->right = NULL;
+
+    return el;
+}
+
+/**
+ * find element in tree
+ */
+struct element *
+findElement(struct element * tree, int data)
+{
+    while (NULL != tree) {
+        if (tree->data == data) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (data < tree->data) {
+            tree = tree->left;
+        } else {
+            tree = tree->right;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return tree;
+}
+
+/**
+ * insert element in tree
+ */
+void
+insertElement(struct element ** tree, int data)
+{
+    struct element ** node = tree;
+
+    if (NULL == *node) {
+        *node = newElement(data);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (data != (*node)->data) {
+        if (data < (*node)->data) {
+            if (NULL == (*node)->left) {
+                (*node)->left = newElement(data);
+                return;
+            } else {
+                *node = (*node)->left;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (NULL == (*node)->right) {
+                (*node)->right = newElement(data);
+                return;
+            } else {
+                *node = (*node)->right;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * delete element from tree
+ * here multiple functions are involved....
+ * =======================================================================
+ */
+/**
+ * find minimum of the right subtree aka leftmost leaf of right subtree
+ * aka left in-order successor.
+ * We return the parent of the element in the out argument parent.
+ * This can be NULL wenn calling.
+ */
+struct element *
+findInOrderSuccessor(struct element * tree, struct element ** parent)
+{
+    struct element * node = tree->right;
+
+    *parent = tree;
+
+    while (NULL != node->left) {
+        *parent = node;
+        node    = node->left;
+    }
+
+    return node;
+}
+
+void
+deleteElement(struct element ** tree, int data)
+{
+    struct element * parent = NULL;
+    struct element * node   = *tree;
+
+    // find the relevant node and it's parent
+    while (NULL != node && node->data != data) {
+        parent = node;
+
+        if (data < node->data) {
+            node = node->left;
+        } else {
+            node = node->right;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // element not found
+    if (NULL == node) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // distinuish 3 cases, where the resolving of each case leads to the
+    // precondition of the other.
+
+    // case 1: two children
+    if (NULL != node->left && NULL != node->right) {
+        struct element * successor = findInOrderSuccessor(node, &parent);
+
+        node->data = successor->data;
+        node       = successor;
+    }
+
+    // case 2: one child wither left or right
+    if (NULL != node->left) {
+        node->data = node->left->data;
+        parent     = node;
+        node       = parent->left;
+    } 
+
+    if (NULL != node->right) {
+        node->data = node->right->data;
+        parent     = node;
+        node       = parent->right;
+    }
+
+    // case 3: we are a leaf
+    if (NULL != parent) {
+        if (node == parent->left) {
+            parent->left  = NULL;
+        } else {
+            parent->right = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(node);
+    if (node == *tree) {
+        *tree = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * =======================================================================
+ */
+int
+main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+    struct element * root = NULL;
+
+    puts ("insert 5:\n");
+    insertElement(&root, 5);
+    printf("R: 0x%p\n", root);
+    printf("4: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 4));
+    printf("5: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 5));
+    printf("6: 0x%p\n\n", findElement(root, 6));
+
+    puts ("insert 4:\n");
+    insertElement(&root, 4);
+    printf("R: 0x%p\n", root);
+    printf("4: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 4));
+    printf("5: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 5));
+    printf("6: 0x%p\n\n", findElement(root, 6));
+
+    puts ("insert 5:\n");
+    insertElement(&root, 5);
+    printf("R: 0x%p\n", root);
+    printf("4: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 4));
+    printf("5: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 5));
+    printf("6: 0x%p\n\n", findElement(root, 6));
+
+    puts ("insert 6:\n");
+    insertElement(&root, 6);
+    printf("R: 0x%p\n", root);
+    printf("4: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 4));
+    printf("5: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 5));
+    printf("6: 0x%p\n\n", findElement(root, 6));
+
+    puts ("delete 5 (one child on both sides):\n");
+    deleteElement(&root, 5);
+    printf("R: 0x%p\n", root);
+    printf("4: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 4));
+    printf("5: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 5));
+    printf("6: 0x%p\n\n", findElement(root, 6));
+
+    puts ("delete 6 (one child on the left):\n");
+    deleteElement(&root, 6);
+    printf("R: 0x%p\n", root);
+    printf("4: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 4));
+    printf("5: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 5));
+    printf("6: 0x%p\n\n", findElement(root, 6));
+
+    puts ("insert 6:\n");
+    insertElement(&root, 6);
+    printf("R: 0x%p\n", root);
+    printf("4: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 4));
+    printf("5: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 5));
+    printf("6: 0x%p\n\n", findElement(root, 6));
+
+    puts ("delete 6 (a leaf):\n");
+    deleteElement(&root, 6);
+    printf("R: 0x%p\n", root);
+    printf("4: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 4));
+    printf("5: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 5));
+    printf("6: 0x%p\n\n", findElement(root, 6));
+
+    puts ("delete 4 (a leaf and root):\n");
+    deleteElement(&root, 4);
+    printf("R: 0x%p\n", root);
+    printf("4: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 4));
+    printf("5: 0x%p\n", findElement(root, 5));
+    printf("6: 0x%p\n\n", findElement(root, 6));
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// vim: set et ts=4 sw=4: