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<p>
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Next: <a href="What-is-ECL.html" accesskey="n" rel="next">What is ECL</a>, Up: <a href="Introduction.html" accesskey="u" rel="up">Introduction</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Indexes.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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<h3 class="section" id="About-this-book-1">About this book</h3>
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<p>This manual is part of the ECL software system. It documents deviations
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of ECL from various standards ([see <a class="pxref" href="Bibliography.html">ANSI</a>], [see <a class="pxref" href="Bibliography.html">AMOP</a>],...),
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extensions, daily working process (compiling files, loading sources,
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creating programs, etc) and the internals of this implementation.
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<p>It is not intended as a source to learn Common Lisp. There are other
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tutorials and textbooks available in the Net which serve this
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purpose. The homepage of the
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<a class="uref" href="https://common-lisp.net">Common-Lisp.net</a> contains a good list of
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links of such teaching and learning material.
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</p>
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<p>This book is structured into four parts:
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<li><a href="About-this-book.html#User_0027s-guide-1" accesskey="1">User’s guide</a></li>
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<li><a href="About-this-book.html#Developer_0027s-guide-1" accesskey="2">Developer’s guide</a></li>
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<li><a href="About-this-book.html#Standards-1" accesskey="3">Standards</a></li>
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<li><a href="About-this-book.html#Extensions-1" accesskey="4">Extensions</a></li>
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</ul>
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<div class="subsection-level-extent" id="User_0027s-guide-1">
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<h4 class="subsection">User’s guide</h4>
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<p>We begin with [<a class="ref" href="User_0027s-guide.html">User’s guide</a>] which provides introductory material
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showing the user how to build and use ECL and some of its unique
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features. This part assumes some basic Common Lisp knowledge and is
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suggested as an entry point for new users who want to start using
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<b class="b"><span class="r">Embeddable Common Lisp</span></b>.
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</p>
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<h4 class="subsection">Developer’s guide</h4>
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<p>[<a class="ref" href="Developer_0027s-guide.html">Developer’s guide</a>] documents <b class="b"><span class="r">Embeddable Common Lisp</span></b> implementation details. This
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part is not meant for normal users but rather for the ECL developers
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and other people who want to contribute to <b class="b"><span class="r">Embeddable Common Lisp</span></b>. This section is prone
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to change due to the dynamic nature of the software. Covered topics
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include source code structure, contributing guide, internal
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implementation details and many other topics relevant to the development
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process.
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<div class="subsection-level-extent" id="Standards-1">
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<h4 class="subsection">Standards</h4>
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<p>[<a class="ref" href="Standards.html">Standards</a>] documents all parts of the standard which are left as
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implementation specific or to which ECL doesn’t adhere. For instance,
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precision of floating point numbers, available character sets, actual
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input/output protocols, etc.
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<p>Section covers also <em class="emph">C Reference</em> as a description of <span class="r">ANSI Common-Lisp</span> from
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the C/C++ programmer perspective and <em class="emph">ANSI Dictionary</em> for <span class="r">Common-Lisp</span>
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constructs available from C/C++.
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<div class="subsection-level-extent" id="Extensions-1">
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<h4 class="subsection">Extensions</h4>
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<p>[<a class="ref" href="Extensions.html">Extensions</a>] introduces all features which are specific to ECL and
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which lay outside the standard. This includes configuring, building and
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installing ECL multiprocessing capabilities, graphics libraries,
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interfacing with the operating system, etc.
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Next: <a href="What-is-ECL.html" accesskey="n" rel="next">What is ECL</a>, Up: <a href="Introduction.html" accesskey="u" rel="up">Introduction</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Indexes.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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