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[trotter]

Hi to all.



I have a silly problem. I can't understand how to use newLisp programs. I didn't find ways to compile them as .dll, .exe or something like that, but i read "newLISP can be compiled as a UNIX shared library or Win32 DLL (dynamic link library)". it makes me sad...

Please tell me where i can find this info or show me some examples if it's possible.



Thanks and sorry.

[HPW]

but i read "newLISP can be compiled as a UNIX shared library or Win32 DLL (dynamic link library)"

This means only that you can compile it from the source distrubution yourself using a GCC-compiler.



The normal newLISP-distribution come with a precompiled EXE and DLL so no need to compile yourself.



newLISP itself is an interpreter and not a compiler!



You can start a newlisp.exe with a lisp-source-filename as a paramter so it gets executed.

There is also a link.lsp to attach a lsp to the newlisp.exe to get a custom interpreter with one file.



The newLISP-DLL can be used from other programming enviroments to embed the newLISP language into a host-app.

This was done in the past from C,delphi,powerpasic,neobook and Excel (So far I remember)