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 This is an embeddable version of the CubeScript implementation from the
 Cube 2 engine.
 
+It depends on the latest Git version of OctaSTD:
+
+https://git.octaforge.org/tools/octastd.git/
+https://github.com/OctaForge/OctaSTD
+
+Currently the API is unstable and the whole thing is a work in progress.
+
+You can compile your application with it like:
+
+    c++ myapp.cc cubescript.cc -o myapp -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra -I. -Ipath/to/octastd
+
 See COPYING.md for licensing information.
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