diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 10abb8568..66254f4fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -68,17 +68,14 @@ set(INPUT_HEADER components/engine/input/oismanager.hpp components/engine/input/
     components/engine/input/dispatcher.hpp components/engine/input/poller.hpp)
 source_group(input FILES ${INPUT} ${INPUT_HEADER})
 
-set(MISC components/misc/stringops.cpp components/misc/fileops.cpp)
-set(MISC_HEADER components/misc/fileops.hpp components/misc/slice_array.hpp
-    components/misc/stringops.hpp)
-source_group(misc FILES ${MISC} ${MISC_HEADER})    
-
 set(COMPONENTS ${BSA} ${NIF} ${NIFOGRE} ${ESM_STORE} ${OGRE} ${INPUT} ${MISC})
 set(COMPONENTS_HEADER ${BSA_HEADER} ${NIF_HEADER} ${NIFOGRE_HEADER} ${ESM_STORE_HEADER}
     ${ESM_HEADER} ${OGRE_HEADER} ${INPUT_HEADER} ${MISC_HEADER})
     
 # source directory: libs
 
+ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( libs/platform )
+
 set(MANGLE_VFS libs/mangle/vfs/servers/ogre_vfs.cpp)
 source_group(mangle_vfs FILES ${MANGLE_VFS})
 
@@ -148,6 +145,7 @@ target_link_libraries(openmw
   ${OGRE_LIBRARIES}
   ${OIS_LIBRARIES}
   ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+  platform
   caelum)
 
 if (APPLE)
diff --git a/Docs/Doxyfile b/Docs/Doxyfile
index f1f5fda07..5adeea871 100644
--- a/Docs/Doxyfile
+++ b/Docs/Doxyfile
@@ -573,7 +573,10 @@ WARN_LOGFILE           =
 # directories like "/usr/src/myproject". Separate the files or directories 
 # with spaces.
 
-INPUT                  = ..
+INPUT                  = ..\apps
+                         ..\components
+                         ..\libs
+                         ..\docs
 
 # This tag can be used to specify the character encoding of the source files 
 # that doxygen parses. Internally doxygen uses the UTF-8 encoding, which is 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 143f62792..6e6568ac8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include "components/esm_store/cell_store.hpp"
 #include "components/bsa/bsa_archive.hpp"
 #include "components/engine/ogre/renderer.hpp"
-#include "components/misc/fileops.hpp"
+#include "libs/platform/fileops.hpp"
 
 #include "apps/openmw/mwrender/interior.hpp"
 #include "mwinput/inputmanager.hpp"
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void OMW::Engine::go()
 
     const char* plugCfg = "plugins.cfg";
 
-    mOgre.configure(!isFile("ogre.cfg"), plugCfg, false);
+    mOgre.configure(!OMW::Platform::isFile("ogre.cfg"), plugCfg, false);
 
     addResourcesDirectory (mDataDir / "Meshes");
     addResourcesDirectory (mDataDir / "Textures");
diff --git a/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp b/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
index c03f1d162..033675222 100644
--- a/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/esm_reader.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <libs/mangle/stream/stream.hpp>
 #include <libs/mangle/stream/servers/file_stream.hpp>
 #include <libs/mangle/tools/str_exception.hpp>
-#include "components/misc/stringops.hpp"
+#include "libs/platform/stringops.hpp"
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 // need our own implementation of strnlen
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ public:
   /// parse the header.
   void openRaw(Mangle::Stream::StreamPtr _esm, const std::string &name)
   {
+    using namespace OMW::Platform;
+    
     close();
     esm = _esm;
     c.filename = name;
diff --git a/components/nif/controlled.hpp b/components/nif/controlled.hpp
index 8396a0a7b..67f2dec36 100644
--- a/components/nif/controlled.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/controlled.hpp
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ namespace Nif
 {
 
 /// Anything that has a controller
-struct Controlled : Extra
+class Controlled : public Extra
 {
+public:
   ControllerPtr controller;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
@@ -42,8 +43,9 @@ struct Controlled : Extra
 };
 
 /// Has name, extra-data and controller
-struct Named : Controlled
+class Named : public Controlled
 {
+public:
   SString name;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
@@ -54,8 +56,9 @@ struct Named : Controlled
 };
 typedef Named NiSequenceStreamHelper;
 
-struct NiParticleGrowFade : Controlled
+class NiParticleGrowFade : public Controlled
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     Controlled::read(nif);
@@ -65,8 +68,9 @@ struct NiParticleGrowFade : Controlled
   }
 };
 
-struct NiParticleColorModifier : Controlled
+class NiParticleColorModifier : public Controlled
 {
+public:
   NiColorDataPtr data;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
@@ -76,8 +80,9 @@ struct NiParticleColorModifier : Controlled
   }
 };
 
-struct NiGravity : Controlled
+class NiGravity : public Controlled
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     Controlled::read(nif);
@@ -88,8 +93,9 @@ struct NiGravity : Controlled
 };
 
 // NiPinaColada
-struct NiPlanarCollider : Controlled
+class NiPlanarCollider : public Controlled
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     Controlled::read(nif);
@@ -99,8 +105,9 @@ struct NiPlanarCollider : Controlled
   }
 };
 
-struct NiParticleRotation : Controlled
+class NiParticleRotation : public Controlled
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     Controlled::read(nif);
diff --git a/components/nif/controller.hpp b/components/nif/controller.hpp
index 49a38cfaa..d6fb22255 100644
--- a/components/nif/controller.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/controller.hpp
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@
 namespace Nif
 {
 
-struct Controller : Record
+class Controller : public Record
 {
+public:
   ControllerPtr next;
   int flags;
   float frequency, phase;
@@ -54,8 +55,9 @@ struct Controller : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiBSPArrayController : Controller
+class NiBSPArrayController : public Controller
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     Controller::read(nif);
@@ -68,8 +70,9 @@ struct NiBSPArrayController : Controller
 };
 typedef NiBSPArrayController NiParticleSystemController;
 
-struct NiMaterialColorController : Controller
+class NiMaterialColorController : public Controller
 {
+public:
   NiPosDataPtr data;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
@@ -79,8 +82,9 @@ struct NiMaterialColorController : Controller
   }
 };
 
-struct NiPathController : Controller
+class NiPathController : public Controller
 {
+public:
   NiPosDataPtr posData;
   NiFloatDataPtr floatData;
 
@@ -99,8 +103,9 @@ struct NiPathController : Controller
   }
 };
 
-struct NiUVController : Controller
+class NiUVController : public Controller
 {
+public:
   NiUVDataPtr data;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
@@ -112,8 +117,9 @@ struct NiUVController : Controller
   }
 };
 
-struct NiKeyframeController : Controller
+class NiKeyframeController : public Controller
 {
+public:
   NiKeyframeDataPtr data;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
@@ -123,8 +129,9 @@ struct NiKeyframeController : Controller
   }
 };
 
-struct NiAlphaController : Controller
+class NiAlphaController : public Controller
 {
+public:
   NiFloatDataPtr data;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
@@ -134,8 +141,9 @@ struct NiAlphaController : Controller
   }
 };
 
-struct NiGeomMorpherController : Controller
+class NiGeomMorpherController : public Controller
 {
+public:
   NiMorphDataPtr data;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
@@ -146,8 +154,9 @@ struct NiGeomMorpherController : Controller
   }
 };
 
-struct NiVisController : Controller
+class NiVisController : public Controller
 {
+public:
   NiVisDataPtr data;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
diff --git a/components/nif/data.hpp b/components/nif/data.hpp
index 920c7cf45..18e78b7ab 100644
--- a/components/nif/data.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/data.hpp
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@
 namespace Nif
 {
 
-struct NiSourceTexture : Named
+class NiSourceTexture : public Named
 {
+public:
+
   // Is this an external (references a separate texture file) or
   // internal (data is inside the nif itself) texture?
   bool external;
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ struct NiSourceTexture : Named
   {
     Named::read(nif);
 
-    external = nif->getByte();
+    external = !!nif->getByte();
 
     if(external) filename = nif->getString();
     else
@@ -83,8 +85,9 @@ struct NiSourceTexture : Named
 };
 
 // Common ancestor for several data classes
-struct ShapeData : Record
+class ShapeData : public Record
 {
+public:
   FloatArray vertices, normals, colors, uvlist;
   const Vector *center;
   float radius;
@@ -116,8 +119,9 @@ struct ShapeData : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiTriShapeData : ShapeData
+class NiTriShapeData : public ShapeData
 {
+public:
   // Triangles, three vertex indices per triangle
   SliceArray<short> triangles;
 
@@ -150,8 +154,9 @@ struct NiTriShapeData : ShapeData
   }
 };
 
-struct NiAutoNormalParticlesData : ShapeData
+class NiAutoNormalParticlesData : public ShapeData
 {
+public:
   int activeCount;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
@@ -171,8 +176,9 @@ struct NiAutoNormalParticlesData : ShapeData
   }
 };
 
-struct NiRotatingParticlesData : NiAutoNormalParticlesData
+class NiRotatingParticlesData : public NiAutoNormalParticlesData
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     NiAutoNormalParticlesData::read(nif);
@@ -185,8 +191,9 @@ struct NiRotatingParticlesData : NiAutoNormalParticlesData
   }
 };
 
-struct NiPosData : Record
+class NiPosData : public Record
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     int count = nif->getInt();
@@ -210,8 +217,9 @@ struct NiPosData : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiUVData : Record
+class NiUVData : public Record
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     // TODO: This is claimed to be a "float animation key", which is
@@ -235,8 +243,9 @@ struct NiUVData : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiFloatData : Record
+class NiFloatData : public Record
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     int count = nif->getInt();
@@ -245,8 +254,9 @@ struct NiFloatData : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiPixelData : Record
+class NiPixelData : public Record
 {
+public:
   unsigned int rmask, gmask, bmask, amask;
   int bpp, mips;
 
@@ -283,8 +293,9 @@ struct NiPixelData : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiColorData : Record
+class NiColorData : public Record
 {
+public:
   struct ColorData
   {
     float time;
@@ -302,8 +313,9 @@ struct NiColorData : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiVisData : Record
+class NiVisData : public Record
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     int count = nif->getInt();
@@ -319,8 +331,9 @@ struct NiVisData : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiSkinInstance : Record
+class NiSkinInstance : public Record
 {
+public:
   NiSkinDataPtr data;
   NodePtr root;
   NodeList bones;
@@ -338,8 +351,9 @@ struct NiSkinInstance : Record
   void post(NIFFile *nif);
 };
 
-struct NiSkinData : Record
+class NiSkinData : public Record
 {
+public:
   // This is to make sure the structs are packed, ie. that the
   // compiler doesn't mess them up with extra alignment bytes.
 #pragma pack(push)
@@ -395,8 +409,9 @@ struct NiSkinData : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiMorphData : Record
+class NiMorphData : public Record
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     int morphCount = nif->getInt();
@@ -416,8 +431,9 @@ struct NiMorphData : Record
   }
 };
 
-struct NiKeyframeData : Record
+class NiKeyframeData : public Record
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     // Rotations first
diff --git a/components/nif/extra.hpp b/components/nif/extra.hpp
index 788fe3113..25375c325 100644
--- a/components/nif/extra.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/extra.hpp
@@ -35,15 +35,17 @@ namespace Nif
     themselves decend from the Extra class, and all the extra data
     connected to an object form a linked list
 */
-struct Extra : Record
+class Extra : public Record
 {
+public:
   ExtraPtr extra;
 
   void read(NIFFile *nif) { extra.read(nif); }
 };
 
-struct NiVertWeightsExtraData : Extra
+class NiVertWeightsExtraData : public Extra
 {
+public:
   void read(NIFFile *nif)
   {
     Extra::read(nif);
@@ -57,8 +59,9 @@ struct NiVertWeightsExtraData : Extra
   }
 };
 
-struct NiTextKeyExtraData : Extra
+class NiTextKeyExtraData : public Extra
 {
+public:
   struct TextKey
   {
     float time;
@@ -83,8 +86,9 @@ struct NiTextKeyExtraData : Extra
   }
 };
 
-struct NiStringExtraData : Extra
+class NiStringExtraData : public Extra
 {
+public:
   /* Two known meanings:
      "MRK" - marker, only visible in the editor, not rendered in-game
      "NCO" - no collision
diff --git a/components/nif/nif_file.cpp b/components/nif/nif_file.cpp
index 12845e617..027f64760 100644
--- a/components/nif/nif_file.cpp
+++ b/components/nif/nif_file.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "nif_file.hpp"
 #include "record.hpp"
-#include "components/misc/stringops.hpp"
+#include "libs/platform/stringops.hpp"
 
 #include "extra.hpp"
 #include "controlled.hpp"
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ using namespace Nif;
 
 void NIFFile::parse()
 {
+  using namespace OMW::Platform;
+
   // Check the header string
   const char* head = getString(40);
   if(!begins(head, "NetImmerse File Format"))
diff --git a/components/nif/nif_file.hpp b/components/nif/nif_file.hpp
index f6ee80a9e..858ccb36a 100644
--- a/components/nif/nif_file.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/nif_file.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <libs/mangle/stream/filters/buffer_stream.hpp>
 #include <libs/mangle/tools/str_exception.hpp>
 
-#include "../misc/slice_array.hpp"
+#include "libs/platform/slice_array.hpp"
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
diff --git a/components/nif/node.hpp b/components/nif/node.hpp
index 9e6b48885..f0ad54655 100644
--- a/components/nif/node.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/node.hpp
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ namespace Nif
     parent node (unless it's the root), and transformation (location
     and rotation) relative to it's parent.
  */
-struct Node : Named
+class Node : public Named
 {
+public:
   // Node flags. Interpretation depends somewhat on the type of node.
   int flags;
   const Transformation *trafo;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ struct Node : Named
     trafo = nif->getTrafo();
     props.read(nif);
 
-    hasBounds = nif->getInt();
+    hasBounds = !!nif->getInt();
     if(hasBounds)
       {
         nif->getInt(); // always 1
diff --git a/components/nif/property.hpp b/components/nif/property.hpp
index 3500a25b7..1a16854af 100644
--- a/components/nif/property.hpp
+++ b/components/nif/property.hpp
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@
 namespace Nif
 {
 
-struct Property : Named
+class Property : public Named
 {
+public:
   // The meaning of these depends on the actual property type.
   int flags;
 
@@ -41,8 +42,9 @@ struct Property : Named
   }
 };
 
-struct NiTexturingProperty : Property
+class NiTexturingProperty : public Property
 {
+public:
   // A sub-texture
   struct Texture
   {
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ struct NiTexturingProperty : Property
 
     void read(NIFFile *nif)
     {
-      inUse = nif->getInt();
+      inUse = !!nif->getInt();
       if(!inUse) return;
 
       texture.read(nif);
diff --git a/libs/platform/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/platform/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..42d56e8a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+project(Platform)
+
+file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCES src/*)
+file(GLOB_RECURSE CAELUM_HDR include/*)
+
+set(SOURCES 
+    fileops.cpp
+    fileops.hpp
+    slice_array.hpp
+    stdint.h
+    stringops.cpp
+    stringops.hpp
+    strings.h)    
+add_library(platform STATIC ${SOURCES})
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/platform/fileops.cpp b/libs/platform/fileops.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52609488b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/fileops.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "fileops.hpp"
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
+namespace OMW { namespace Platform {
+
+    bool isFile(const char *name)
+    {
+      boost::filesystem::path cfg_file_path(name);
+      return boost::filesystem::exists(cfg_file_path);
+    }
+}}
diff --git a/libs/platform/fileops.hpp b/libs/platform/fileops.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65f4b2ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/fileops.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef __FILEOPS_H_
+#define __FILEOPS_H_
+
+namespace OMW { namespace Platform {
+
+    /// Check if a given path is an existing file (not a directory)
+    bool isFile(const char *name);
+}}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libs/platform/slice_array.hpp b/libs/platform/slice_array.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dde8143b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/slice_array.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+  OpenMW - The completely unofficial reimplementation of Morrowind
+  Copyright (C) 2008-2010  Nicolay Korslund
+  Email: < korslund@gmail.com >
+  WWW: http://openmw.sourceforge.net/
+
+  This file (slice_array.h) is part of the OpenMW package.
+
+  OpenMW is distributed as free software: you can redistribute it
+  and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+  version 3, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+  General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  version 3 along with this program. If not, see
+  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ .
+
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SLICE_ARRAY_H_
+#define _SLICE_ARRAY_H_
+
+// A simple array implementation containing a pointer and a
+// length. Used for holding slices into a data buffer.
+#include <string.h>
+template <class T>
+struct SliceArray
+{
+  const T* ptr;
+  size_t length;
+
+  /// Initialize to zero length
+  SliceArray() : ptr(0), length(0) {}
+
+  /// Initialize from pointer + length
+  SliceArray(const T* _ptr, size_t _length)
+    : ptr(_ptr), length(_length) {}
+
+  /// Initialize from null-terminated string
+  SliceArray(const char* str)
+  {
+    ptr = str;
+    length = strlen(str);
+  }
+
+  bool operator==(SliceArray &t)
+  {
+    return
+      length == t.length &&
+      (memcmp(ptr,t.ptr, length*sizeof(T)) == 0);
+  }
+
+  /// Only use this for stings
+  bool operator==(const char* str)
+  {
+    return
+      str[length] == 0 &&
+      (strncmp(ptr, str, length) == 0);
+  }
+
+  /** This allocates a copy of the data. Only use this for debugging
+      and error messages. */
+  std::string toString()
+  { return std::string(ptr,length); }
+};
+
+typedef SliceArray<char> SString;
+typedef SliceArray<int> IntArray;
+typedef SliceArray<float> FloatArray;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libs/platform/stringops.cpp b/libs/platform/stringops.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16010aef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/stringops.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include "stringops.hpp"
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include "strings.h"
+
+namespace OMW { namespace Platform {
+
+    bool begins(const char* str1, const char* str2)
+    {
+      while(*str2)
+        {
+          if(*str1 == 0 || *str1 != *str2) return false;
+
+          str1++;
+          str2++;
+        }
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    bool ends(const char* str1, const char* str2)
+    {
+      int len1 = strlen(str1);
+      int len2 = strlen(str2);
+
+      if(len1 < len2) return false;
+
+      return strcmp(str2, str1+len1-len2) == 0;
+    }
+
+    // True if the given chars match, case insensitive
+    static bool icmp(char a, char b)
+    {
+      if(a >= 'A' && a <= 'Z')
+        a += 'a' - 'A';
+      if(b >= 'A' && b <= 'Z')
+        b += 'a' - 'A';
+
+      return a == b;
+    }
+
+    bool ibegins(const char* str1, const char* str2)
+    {
+      while(*str2)
+        {
+          if(*str1 == 0 || !icmp(*str1,*str2)) return false;
+
+          str1++;
+          str2++;
+        }
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    bool iends(const char* str1, const char* str2)
+    {
+      int len1 = strlen(str1);
+      int len2 = strlen(str2);
+
+      if(len1 < len2) return false;
+
+      return strcasecmp(str2, str1+len1-len2) == 0;
+    }
+
+}}
diff --git a/libs/platform/stringops.hpp b/libs/platform/stringops.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b53bd7e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/stringops.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef __STRINGOPS_H
+#define __STRINGOPS_H
+
+namespace OMW { namespace Platform {
+
+    /// Returns true if str1 begins with substring str2
+    bool begins(const char* str1, const char* str2);
+
+    /// Returns true if str1 ends with substring str2
+    bool ends(const char* str1, const char* str2);
+
+    /// Case insensitive, returns true if str1 begins with substring str2
+    bool ibegins(const char* str1, const char* str2);
+
+    /// Case insensitive, returns true if str1 ends with substring str2
+    bool iends(const char* str1, const char* str2);
+}}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/libs/platform/tests/.gitignore b/libs/platform/tests/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..814490404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/tests/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*_test
diff --git a/libs/platform/tests/output/slice_test.out b/libs/platform/tests/output/slice_test.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b054082b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/tests/output/slice_test.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+hello, len=5
+001
+hell, len=4
+010
+01
+4 3
diff --git a/libs/platform/tests/output/strops_test.out b/libs/platform/tests/output/strops_test.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/libs/platform/tests/slice_test.cpp b/libs/platform/tests/slice_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..950194279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/tests/slice_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "../slice_array.hpp"
+
+int main()
+{
+  SString s, t;
+  s = SString("hello");
+  cout << s.toString() << ", len=" << s.length << endl;
+  cout << (s=="hel") << (s=="hell") << (s=="hello") << endl;
+  t = s;
+
+  s = SString("othello"+2, 4);
+  cout << s.toString() << ", len=" << s.length << endl;
+  cout << (s=="hel") << (s=="hell") << (s=="hello") << endl;
+
+  cout << (s==t) << (SString("hello")==t) << endl;
+
+  const int arr[4] = {1,2,3,4};
+
+  IntArray ia(arr,4);
+
+  cout << ia.length << " " << ia.ptr[2] << endl;
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libs/platform/tests/strops_test.cpp b/libs/platform/tests/strops_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca5bd55a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/tests/strops_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "../stringops.hpp"
+
+int main()
+{
+  assert(begins("abc", "a"));
+  assert(begins("abc", "ab"));
+  assert(begins("abc", "abc"));
+  assert(begins("abcd", "abc"));
+
+  assert(!begins("abc", "b"));
+  assert(!begins("abc", "bc"));
+  assert(!begins("abc", "bcd"));
+  assert(!begins("abc", "abcd"));
+
+  assert(ibegins("Abc", "a"));
+  assert(ibegins("aBc", "ab"));
+  assert(ibegins("abC", "abc"));
+  assert(ibegins("abcD", "abc"));
+
+  assert(!ibegins("abc", "b"));
+  assert(!ibegins("abc", "bc"));
+  assert(!ibegins("abc", "bcd"));
+  assert(!ibegins("abc", "abcd"));
+
+  assert(ends("abc", "c"));
+  assert(ends("abc", "bc"));
+  assert(ends("abc", "abc"));
+  assert(ends("abcd", "abcd"));
+
+  assert(!ends("abc", "b"));
+  assert(!ends("abc", "ab"));
+  assert(!ends("abc", "bcd"));
+  assert(!ends("abc", "abcd"));
+
+  assert(iends("Abc", "c"));
+  assert(iends("aBc", "bc"));
+  assert(iends("abC", "abc"));
+  assert(iends("abcD", "abcd"));
+
+  assert(!iends("abc", "b"));
+  assert(!iends("abc", "ab"));
+  assert(!iends("abc", "bcd"));
+  assert(!iends("abc", "abcd"));
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libs/platform/tests/test.sh b/libs/platform/tests/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2d07708ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/platform/tests/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+make || exit
+
+mkdir -p output
+
+PROGS=*_test
+
+for a in $PROGS; do
+    if [ -f "output/$a.out" ]; then
+        echo "Running $a:"
+        ./$a | diff output/$a.out -
+    else
+        echo "Creating $a.out"
+        ./$a > "output/$a.out"
+        git add "output/$a.out"
+    fi
+done