[Gcl-devel] re: GCL - WTF?

[Camm Maguire]

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to comp.lang.lisp as well.

Greetings, and thanks for your interest in GCL!

gcl -compile hello.lisp
gcl -batch -load hello.o

or, if your hello.o redefines its own si::top-level function:

gcl
>(load "hello.o")
>(si::save-system "hello")

./hello

Please let me know if problems persist.

I suppose you know about gcl-si.texi?

Take care,

> I installed
> gcl_2.6.5.mingw32_ansi_japi_20040818.exe
> to directory
> c:\packages
> 
> I created the file hello.lisp:
> (print "hello world")
> 
> and set up the following path in autoexec.bat:
> set path=C:\packages\GCL-2.6.5-ANSI\bin;%path%
> 
> To compile, I issue the command:
> gcl -compile hello.lisp
> and it creates a file called hello.o.
> 
> When I then issue the command
> C:\packages\GCL-2.6.5-ANSI\mingw\bin\gcc hello.o
> I get errors regrading undefined references to do_init and address@hidden
> 
> I tried further stuff like defining Main.c as follows:
> #include <stdio.h>
> main()
> {
>    puts("hello from main.c");
> }
> which eliminates the address@hidden but not the do_init.
> 
> I tried other stuff as well, like creating the c (what a whopper!) and 
> header files, but it didn't really help.
> 
> So my question is, basically: "what's going on?"
> 
> The documentation seems fairly sparse on these kinds of beginners 
> basics. Especially for a total lisp noob like me.
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