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+# Dwarf Assembly
+
+Some experiments around compiling the most used Dwarf informations (ELF debug
+data) directly into assembly.
+
+This project is a big work in progress, don't expect anything to be stable for
+now.
+
+## Dependencies
+
+As of now, this project relies on the following libraries:
+
+* libelf
+* libdwarf
+* [libdwarfpp](https://github.com/stephenrkell/libdwarfpp), itself depending on
+    - [libcxxfileno](https://github.com/stephenrkell/libcxxfileno)
+    - [libsrk31cxx](https://github.com/stephenrkell/libsrk31cxx)
+
+These libraries are expected to be installed somewhere your compiler can find
+them.