From: Barry Margolin
Subject: Re: Q: How do I compile Lisp source into an executable?
Date:
Message-ID: <3k3fri$3cp@tools.near.net>
In article <··········@eclipse.torolab.ibm.com> ·····@flogger.torolab.ibm.com (Itrat Khan) writes:
>Is there a way to compile a Lisp program?
Lisp compilers generally create modules that are intended to be loaded into
a running Lisp environment with the LOAD function. Standalone executables
are usually created by loading these modules into Lisp, and then using a
system-dependent function to save the entire Lisp environment into a file.
This function is often named something like DISKSAVE.
In other words, the files created by the Lisp compiler are analogous to .o
files, which can't be executed by themselves, and the Lisp interpreter is
essentially an interactive link editor, which links them with the Lisp
runtime library.
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Barry Margolin
BBN Planet Corporation, Cambridge, MA
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