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<span id="coremodules"></span><h1>The core modules<a class="headerlink" href="#the-core-modules" title="Permalink to this headline">ΒΆ</a></h1>
<p>Waf is based on 13 core modules which provide the main functionality of the framework.
They may be used alone, although the support for programming languages or compilers is provided by extensions called Waf tools.</p>
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