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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1"></a><b>§1. Prerequisites. </b>The core module is a part of the Inform compiler toolset. It is
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2"></a><b>§2. The Core. </b>The <a href="index.html" class="internal">core</a> module is the largest and most important part of <a href="../inform7/index.html" class="internal">inform7</a>,
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