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+language: cpp
+
+before_install:
+  - sudo apt-get update
+  - sudo apt-get install ocaml zlib1g-dev libgc-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib -y
+  - git clone https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/neko.git ~/neko && cd ~/neko && make && sudo make install && cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+  - git clone --recursive https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/haxe.git ~/haxe && cd ~/haxe && make && make tools && sudo make install && cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+  - mkdir ~/haxelib && haxelib setup ~/haxelib
+  - haxelib dev hxcpp $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
+
+script:
+  - cd build-tool
+  - haxe Compile.hxml
+  - cd ../runtime
+  - haxelib run hxcpp BuildLibs.xml
+  - haxelib run hxcpp BuildLibs.xml -DHXCPP_M64
+  - cd ../test/ndlls
+  - haxe compile.hxml && ./cpp/Test
+  - haxe compile64.hxml && ./cpp64/Test
+  - cd ~/haxe/tests/unit
+  - haxe compile-cpp.hxml && ./cpp/Test-debug && rm -rf cpp
+  - haxe compile-cpp.hxml -D HXCPP_M64 && ./cpp/Test-debug
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+# hxcpp
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/HaxeFoundation/hxcpp.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/HaxeFoundation/hxcpp)
+
+hxcpp is the runtime support for the c++ backend of the [haxe](http://haxe.org/) compiler. This constains the headers, libraries and support code required to generate a fully compiled executable from haxe code.
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