File abcl.pod of Package abcl

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=head1 NAME

abcl - Armed Bear Common Lisp

=head1 SYNOPSIS

abcl I<options>

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Armed Bear Common Lisp is a conforming implementation of ANSI Common Lisp that
runs in a Java virtual machine. It compiles Lisp code directly to Java byte
code.

=head1 OPTIONS

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=item B<--help>

Displays help message.

=item B<--noinform>

Suppresses the printing of startup information and banner.

=item B<--noinit>

Suppresses the loading of the F<~/.abclrc> startup file.

=item B<--nosystem>

Suppresses loading the F<system.lisp> customization file.

=item B<--eval> I<form>

Evaluates the I<form> before initializing REPL.

=item B<--load> I<file>

Loads the file I<file> before initializing REPL.

=item B<--load-system-file> I<file>

Loads the system file I<file> before initializing REPL.

=item B<--batch>

The process evaluates forms specified by arguments and possibly by those by
those in the intialization file F<~/.abcl>, and then exits.

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The occurance of B<--> copies the remaining arguments, unprocessed, into
the variable C<EXTENSIONS:*COMMAND-LINE-ARGUMENT-LIST*>.

=head1 BUGS

ABCL is a conforming ANSI Common Lisp implementation. Any other behavior should
be reported as a bug.

ABCL now has a manual stating its conformance to the ANSI standard, providing a
compliant and practical Common Lisp implementation.

=head1 VERSION

__VERSION__

=head1 AUTHORS

On behalf of all ABCL development team and contributors,

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=item * Mark Evenson

=item * Erik Huelsmann

=item * Rudolf Schlatte

=item * Alessio Stalla

=item * Ville Voutilainen

=item * olof ferada

=item * pipping

=item * slyrus

=item * vibhu

=item * dmiles

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