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+# Hare {#sec-language-hare}
+
+## Building Hare programs with `hareHook` {#ssec-language-hare}
+
+The `hareHook` package sets up the environment for building Hare programs by
+doing the following:
+
+1. Setting the `HARECACHE`, `HAREPATH` and `NIX_HAREFLAGS` environment variables;
+1. Propagating `harec`, `qbe` and two wrapper scripts  for the hare binary.
+
+It is not a function as is the case for some other languages --- *e. g.*, Go or
+Rust ---, but a package to be added to `nativeBuildInputs`.
+
+## Attributes of `hareHook` {#hareHook-attributes}
+
+The following attributes are accepted by `hareHook`:
+
+1. `hareBuildType`: Either `release` (default) or `debug`. It controls if the
+   `-R` flag is added to `NIX_HAREFLAGS`.
+
+## Example for `hareHook` {#ex-hareHook}
+
+```nix
+{
+  hareHook,
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "<name>";
+  version = "<version>";
+  src = "<src>";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ hareHook ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "<description>";
+    inherit (hareHook) badPlatforms platforms;
+  };
+}
+```
+
+## Cross Compilation {#hareHook-cross-compilation}
+
+`hareHook` should handle cross compilation out of the box. This is the main
+purpose of `NIX_HAREFLAGS`: In it, the `-a` flag is passed with the architecture
+of the `hostPlatform`.
+
+However, manual intervention may be needed when a binary compiled by the build
+process must be run for the build to complete --- *e. g.*, when using Hare's
+`hare` module for code generation.
+
+In those cases, `hareHook` provides the `hare-native` script, which is a wrapper
+around the hare binary for using the native (`buildPlatform`) toolchain.
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@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dotnet.section.md
 emscripten.section.md
 gnome.section.md
 go.section.md
+hare.section.md
 haskell.section.md
 hy.section.md
 idris.section.md