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<ul class="crumbs"><li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li><li><b>The Inform 7 compiler</b></li></ul></div>
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§1. </b>The task of Inform to take natural-language source text, merged from the
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author's main source and some "extensions"; to compile that to an intermediate
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format called Inter; merge once again with pre-compiled libraries of Inter
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called "kits"; and then translate the result to a program which a
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more orthodox compiler can take the rest of the way. Because Inform 7 generates
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code for another compiler, rather than directly making an executable itself,
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it is properly speaking a "transpiler".
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<p class="commentary">For two decades that second compiler was always the roughly C-like Inform 6, a
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sturdy 1990s tool for generating interactive fiction "story files" which, after
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processing with the <a href="inblorb/index.html" class="internal">inblorb</a> tool, can then be played in a web browser or
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with an "interpreter". In 2021, limited support was added for transpiling a
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general, non-IF-specific form of the language called Basic Inform to ANSI C.
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This can be compiled into more general executable programs using Clang, gcc,
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or other standard C compilers.
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">main</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">source</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">text</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">extension</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">source</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">texts</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \ /</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \ / </span><span class="function-syntax">INFORM7</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">Stage</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">INBUILD</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \ /</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \|/ \|/</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">syntax</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">tree</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> |</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">kit</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">sources</span><span class="plain-syntax"> |</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="element-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">Inform</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">6</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">code</span><span class="plain-syntax">) | </span><span class="function-syntax">INFORM7</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">Stages</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">2</span><span class="plain-syntax">-4</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">INTER</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | |</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \|/ \|/</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">kits</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">as</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">Inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">binaries</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">inter</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">tree</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \ / </span><span class="function-syntax">INFORM7</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">Stages</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">5</span><span class="plain-syntax">-6 </span><span class="element-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">INTER</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \|/ \|/</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> / | \</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> / | \ </span><span class="function-syntax">INFORM7</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">Stages</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">5</span><span class="plain-syntax">-6 </span><span class="element-syntax">or</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">INTER</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \|/ \|/ \|/</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">Inform</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">6</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">code</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">C</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">code</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">Index</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">mini</span><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">website</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">INFORM6</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | | </span><span class="function-syntax">CLANG</span><span class="plain-syntax">/</span><span class="function-syntax">GCC</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \|/ \|/</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">story</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">file</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">executable</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> |</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">INBLORB</span><span class="plain-syntax"> |</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> \|/</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">playable</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">website</span>
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<p class="commentary">Inform offers three compiler tools: <a href="inbuild/index.html" class="internal">inbuild</a>, <a href="inform7/index.html" class="internal">inform7</a> and <a href="inter/index.html" class="internal">inter</a>,
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though really they are three points of access to the same code base. <a href="inbuild/index.html" class="internal">inbuild</a>
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contains Stage 1 as a stand-alone tool, <a href="inter/index.html" class="internal">inter</a> contains Stages 5 and 6 as
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a stand-alone tool, but <a href="inform7/index.html" class="internal">inform7</a> is the entire compiler (Stages 1 to 6) in one.
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See <a href="inbuild/M-ui.html" class="internal">Manual (in inbuild)</a>, <a href="inform7/M-cu.html" class="internal">Manual (in inform7)</a>, <a href="inter/M-ui.html" class="internal">Manual (in inter)</a> and
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<a href="inbuild/M-rc.html" class="internal">Reference Card (in inbuild)</a>, <a href="inform7/M-rc.html" class="internal">Reference Card (in inform7)</a>, <a href="inter/M-rc.html" class="internal">Reference Card (in inter)</a>.
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<p class="commentary">Each tool has its own CLI (or "command-line interface") but is otherwise
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divided up into "modules", many shared between two or even all three tools.
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<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">INBUILD</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">INFORM7</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">INTER</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> | </span><a href="inbuild/index.html" class="internal">inbuild</a><span class="plain-syntax"> | | </span><a href="inform7/index.html" class="internal">inform7</a><span class="plain-syntax"> | | </span><a href="inter/index.html" class="internal">inter</a><span class="plain-syntax"> |</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> | (</span><span class="element-syntax">cli</span><span class="plain-syntax">) | | (</span><span class="element-syntax">cli</span><span class="plain-syntax">) | | (</span><span class="element-syntax">cli</span><span class="plain-syntax">) |</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> +-------------+ +-------------+ +-------------+</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . . . . .</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">+---------------------------+ . . . .</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">| </span><a href="supervisor-module/index.html" class="internal">supervisor</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | . . . . } </span><span class="element-syntax">Stage</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | </span><a href="core-module/index.html" class="internal">core</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | . . } </span><span class="element-syntax">Stage</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">2</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | ------------------- | . .</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | </span><a href="assertions-module/index.html" class="internal">assertions</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | . . }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | </span><a href="values-module/index.html" class="internal">values</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | . . } </span><span class="element-syntax">Stage</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">3</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | </span><a href="knowledge-module/index.html" class="internal">knowledge</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | . . }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | </span><a href="if-module/index.html" class="internal">if</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax">* | . . } * </span><span class="element-syntax">not</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">used</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">in</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | </span><a href="multimedia-module/index.html" class="internal">multimedia</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax">* | . . } </span><span class="element-syntax">Basic</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">Inform</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | ------------------- | . .</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | </span><a href="imperative-module/index.html" class="internal">imperative</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | . . } </span><span class="element-syntax">Stage</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">4</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . | </span><a href="runtime-module/index.html" class="internal">runtime</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | . . }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . +------------------+ +------------------------+</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . . . | </span><a href="bytecode-module/index.html" class="internal">bytecode</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . . . | </span><a href="building-module/index.html" class="internal">building</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | } </span><span class="element-syntax">Stage</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">5</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . . . | </span><a href="pipeline-module/index.html" class="internal">pipeline</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . . . | </span><a href="final-module/index.html" class="internal">final</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | }</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax"> . . . . | </span><a href="index-module/index.html" class="internal">index</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> | } </span><span class="element-syntax">Stage</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">6</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">| </span><span class="function-syntax">SERVICES</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">shared</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="linguistics-module/index.html" class="internal">linguistics</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> |</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">| </span><span class="element-syntax">shared</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="calculus-module/index.html" class="internal">calculus</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> |</span>
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<span class="plain-syntax">| </span><span class="function-syntax">FOUNDATION</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="../../inweb/docs/foundation-module/index.html" class="internal">foundation</a><span class="plain-syntax">-</span><span class="element-syntax">module</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="element-syntax">in</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">inweb</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="element-syntax">repository</span><span class="plain-syntax">) |</span>
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<p class="commentary">The Inform compiler runs in six stages. It is not literally true that each
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completes before the next begins, but compilation broadly flows diagonally
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downwards and rightwards in the diagram:
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<ul class="items"><li>● Stage 1. The build manager <a href="supervisor-module/index.html" class="internal">supervisor</a> decides what must be compiled.
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</li><li>● Stage 2. <a href="core-module/index.html" class="internal">core</a> organises compilation of a single Inform project,
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doing little except to co-ordinate the other modules.
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</li><li>● Stage 3. <a href="assertions-module/index.html" class="internal">assertions</a>, <a href="values-module/index.html" class="internal">values</a> and <a href="knowledge-module/index.html" class="internal">knowledge</a> assemble a world model
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and a set of rules and phrases to operate it. <a href="if-module/index.html" class="internal">if</a> and <a href="multimedia-module/index.html" class="internal">multimedia</a> provide
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"plugins" with additional features, adapting the language for interactive fiction.
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</li><li>● Stage 4. <a href="imperative-module/index.html" class="internal">imperative</a> and <a href="runtime-module/index.html" class="internal">runtime</a> turn the constructs from Stage 3
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into an intermediate bytecode format called Inter.
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</li><li>● Stage 5. <a href="bytecode-module/index.html" class="internal">bytecode</a>, <a href="building-module/index.html" class="internal">building</a>, <a href="pipeline-module/index.html" class="internal">pipeline</a> and <a href="final-module/index.html" class="internal">final</a> manage,
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create, link/optimise and translate this Inter code, respectively.
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</li><li>● Stage 6. <a href="index-module/index.html" class="internal">index</a> generates the human-readable Index pages, which are like
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a small website about the project, from Inter code.
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§2. </b>All three tools each use a "services" library, made up of a variety of modules
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providing services useful for natural language-based programs. At one time this
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was going to be called "Second Foundation" or possibly "Foundation and Empire",
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because there is also <a href="../../inweb/docs/foundation-module/index.html" class="internal">foundation</a> underneath, a library of utility functions
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provided by <a href="../../inweb/docs/index.html" class="internal">inweb</a>.
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<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3" class="paragraph-anchor"></a><b>§3. </b>That's a lot: for code-spelunkers, this is a veritable limestone hillside.
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Where to begin? Here are some suggested entrances:
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<ul class="items"><li>(a) See <a href="supervisor-module/P-wtmd.html" class="internal">What This Module Does (in supervisor)</a> for an overview of the
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build-management process.
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</li><li>(b) Or take that on trust, and see <a href="core-module/P-wtmd.html" class="internal">What This Module Does (in core)</a> for
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an overview of how Inform 7 basically works.
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</li><li>(c) If you're more interested in the low-level representation of Inter code,
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and how to generate from it, see <a href="bytecode-module/P-wtmd.html" class="internal">What This Module Does (in bytecode)</a>.
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