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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# build.sh - Compile the Neuron soul-binary.
-#
-# Pipeline:
-#   1. elb resolves the import graph from soul.el and runs `elc <module>` per
-#      module, emitting one .c file per .el into dist/.
-#   2. cc links all dist/*.c plus el_runtime.c into a single native binary
-#      (dist/neuron). elb's own link step does not pass -I for the runtime
-#      headers, so we run cc ourselves.
-#   3. Refresh dist/soul-el so the launchctl plist (which execs dist/soul ->
-#      dist/soul-el -> dist/neuron) picks up the new binary.
-#
-# Usage:
-#   ./build.sh                  - build dist/neuron and refresh dist/soul-el
-#   ./build.sh --kickstart      - also kickstart the launchctl service
-#
-# Environment overrides:
-#   EL_HOME   - path to foundation/el (default: ../foundation/el)
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-NEURON_DIR=$(pwd)
-EL_HOME="${EL_HOME:-${NEURON_DIR}/../foundation/el}"
-ELB="${EL_HOME}/dist/platform/elb"
-ELC="${EL_HOME}/dist/platform/elc"
-RUNTIME_DIR="${EL_HOME}/el-compiler/runtime"
-
-if [ ! -x "${ELB}" ] || [ ! -x "${ELC}" ]; then
-    echo "elb/elc not found in ${EL_HOME}/dist/platform" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! -f "${RUNTIME_DIR}/el_runtime.c" ]; then
-    echo "runtime not found at ${RUNTIME_DIR}" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-mkdir -p dist
-rm -f dist/*.c dist/*.elh
-
-echo "==> elb compile (manifest entry: soul.el)"
-PATH="${EL_HOME}/dist/platform:${PATH}" "${ELB}" --runtime="${RUNTIME_DIR}" \
-    > /tmp/neuron-elb.log 2>&1 || true
-
-# elb's link step lacks -I for the runtime headers, so we always re-link
-# manually below regardless of what elb reported.
-
-OUT="dist/neuron"
-echo "==> cc link -> ${OUT}"
-cc -O2 -I "${RUNTIME_DIR}" \
-    -o "${OUT}" \
-    dist/*.c \
-    "${RUNTIME_DIR}/el_runtime.c" \
-    -lcurl -lpthread
-
-echo "==> refresh dist/soul-el -> dist/neuron"
-( cd dist && ln -sf neuron soul-el )
-
-echo "==> built $(stat -f '%z' ${OUT}) bytes -> ${OUT}"
-
-if [ "${1:-}" = "--kickstart" ]; then
-    echo "==> launchctl kickstart soul"
-    launchctl kickstart -k "gui/$(id -u)/ai.neurontechnologies.soul"
-fi