sometimes reading the manuals can yield the strangest things. looking
for something entirely different, the function EXCL:LOAD-COMPILED came
up, and it looked kind of strange, so in case those who have complained
vociferously about the lack of COMPILE-FILE in the Windows demo version
of Allegro CL, the Lite edition, would be pacified by the existence of
this function, here's the documentation:
Compiles and loads the file specified by the filename argument but does not
write a fasl file. This function is intended for use with certain trial
versions of Allegro CL in which COMPILE-FILE (and friends) are disabled.
This function takes a filename and any number of keys that are appropriate
for COMPILE-FILE. Users who have access to COMPILE-FILE need not use this
function.
[ this has been a public service announcement. ]
#:Erik
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