cleaner build system and string module

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+STDLIB_FILES = lib/fromStdlib.cmx lib/exposed.cmx lib/int.cmx lib/float.cmx lib/option.cmx lib/stack.cmx lib/list.cmx lib/map.cmx lib/queue.cmx lib/set.cmx lib/tree.cmx lib/string.cmx
+
+GENERATE_MLI = ocamlopt -i -I lib
+COMPILE = ocamlopt -O3 -nopervasives -I lib -c
+
+build:
+	# compile the standard library by using the internal makefile
+	cd lib; make compile
+
+	# main is the main file to run code in
+	$(GENERATE_MLI) main.ml > main.mli
+	$(COMPILE) main.mli main.ml
+
+	# after all files are individually compiled with -nopervasives, this is compiled with it so that fromStdlib has the necessary linking
+	ocamlopt -O3 $(STDLIB_FILES) main.cmx -o program
+
+topmostlyclean:
+	rm -f *.o *.a *.s *.cmi *.cmx *.cmxa *.cmo *.cma main.mli
+
+topclean:
+	rm -f *.o *.a *.s *.cmi *.cmx *.cmxa *.cmo *.cma main.mli program
+
+stdlibclean:
+	cd lib; make clean
+
+clean:
+	make topclean
+	make stdlibclean
+
+mostlyclean:
+	make topmostlyclean
+	make stdlibclean
+
+run:
+	./program