diff --git a/Tools/compiler/compile.py b/Tools/compiler/compile.py
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+++ b/Tools/compiler/compile.py
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+import sys
+import getopt
+
+from compiler import compile, visitor
+
+def main():
+    VERBOSE = 0
+    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'vq')
+    for k, v in opts:
+        if k == '-v':
+            VERBOSE = 1
+            visitor.ASTVisitor.VERBOSE = visitor.ASTVisitor.VERBOSE + 1
+        if k == '-q':
+            f = open('/dev/null', 'wb')
+            sys.stdout = f
+    if not args:
+        print "no files to compile"
+    else:
+        for filename in args:
+            if VERBOSE:
+                print filename
+            compile(filename)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()