diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96e9cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.cmi
+*.cmx
+*.o
+*.a
+/tipe
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index 0000000..b26e1a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+%.cmx: %.ml
+	ocamlopt -c $<
+
+tipe: tipe.cmx
+	ocamlopt -o tipe str.cmxa tipe.cmx