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+class Nesfab < Formula
+  desc "Programming language that targets the Nintendo Entertainment System"
+  homepage "https://pubby.games/nesfab.html"
+  # for this version only, point to a specific commit. post-1.6, this will point to a tagged release.
+  url "https://github.com/pubby/nesfab/archive/da18a43dc7b941cc4c56c949303aa37633fdc1b0.tar.gz"
+  version "1.6"
+  sha256 "bfd8c497df0d87138fda9e5de61d1ab5a36fb1951eeaed413b6619032b711745"
+  license "GPL-3.0-only"
+
+  depends_on "make" => :build
+  depends_on "boost"
+  # the libc++ on Ventura is missing C++20 features this codebase depends on
+  depends_on macos: :sonoma
+  on_linux do
+    depends_on "gcc" => :build
+  end
+
+  fails_with :clang do
+    build 1599
+    cause "Missing std::lexicographical_compare_three_way"
+  end
+
+  def install
+    # update this when bumping package version
+    git_sha = "da18a43d"
+
+    if OS.mac?
+      system "make", "GIT_COMMIT=#{git_sha}-homebrew", "CXX=#{ENV.cxx}", "release" if Hardware::CPU.intel?
+      system "make", "GIT_COMMIT=#{git_sha}-homebrew", "CXX=#{ENV.cxx}", "ARCH=", "release" if Hardware::CPU.arm?
+      bin.install "nesfab" => "nesfab-release"
+
+      system "make", "clean"
+      system "make", "GIT_COMMIT=#{git_sha}-homebrew", "CXX=#{ENV.cxx}", "debug" if Hardware::CPU.intel?
+      system "make", "GIT_COMMIT=#{git_sha}-homebrew", "CXX=#{ENV.cxx}", "ARCH=", "debug" if Hardware::CPU.arm?
+      bin.install "nesfab"
+    else
+      system "make", "GIT_COMMIT=#{git_sha}-homebrew", "release" if Hardware::CPU.intel?
+      system "make", "GIT_COMMIT=#{git_sha}-homebrew", "ARCH=", "release" if Hardware::CPU.arm?
+      bin.install "nesfab" => "nesfab-release"
+
+      system "make", "clean"
+      system "make", "GIT_COMMIT=#{git_sha}-homebrew", "debug" if Hardware::CPU.intel?
+      system "make", "GIT_COMMIT=#{git_sha}-homebrew", "ARCH=", "debug" if Hardware::CPU.arm?
+      bin.install "nesfab" => "nesfab"
+    end
+  end
+
+  test do
+    system bin/"nesfab", "--version"
+  end
+end