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<span id="Loading-a-pre_002dinstalled-ASDF-1"></span><h3 class="section">3.1 Loading a pre-installed ASDF</h3>
<p>The recommended way to load ASDF is via:
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<pre class="lisp">(require &quot;asdf&quot;)
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<p>All actively maintained Lisp implementations now include a copy of ASDF 3
that you can load this way using Common Lisp&rsquo;s <code>require</code> function.<a id="DOCF1" href="Loading-a-pre_002dinstalled-ASDF.html#FOOT1"><sup>1</sup></a>
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<p>If the implementation you are using doesn&rsquo;t provide a recent ASDF 3,
we recommend you upgrade it.
If for some reason you would rather not upgrade it,
we recommend you replace your implementation&rsquo;s ASDF.
See <a href="Replacing-your-implementation_0027s-ASDF.html">Replacing your implementation&rsquo;s ASDF</a>.
If all else fails, see see <a href="Loading-ASDF-from-source.html">Loading ASDF from source</a> below.
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<p>If you use an actively maintained implementation that fails to provide
an up-to-date enough stable release of ASDF,
you may also send a bug report to your Lisp vendor and complain about it
&mdash; or you may fix the issue yourself if it&rsquo;s free software.
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<p>As of the writing of this manual,
the following implementations provide ASDF 3 this way:
ABCL, Allegro CL, CLASP, Clozure CL, CMUCL, ECL, GNU CLISP, LispWorks, MKCL, SBCL.
The following implementations only provide ASDF 2:
MOCL, XCL.
The following implementations don&rsquo;t provide ASDF:
Corman CL, GCL, Genera, MCL, SCL.
The latter implementations are not actively maintained (except maybe GCL);
if some of them are ever released again, they probably will include ASDF 3.
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<p>For maximum convenience you might want to have ASDF loaded
whenever you start your Lisp implementation,
for example by loading it from the startup script or dumping a custom core
&mdash; check your Lisp implementation&rsquo;s manual for details.
SLIME notably sports a <code>slime-asdf</code> contrib that makes life easier with ASDF.
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<h5><a id="FOOT1" href="Loading-a-pre_002dinstalled-ASDF.html#DOCF1">(1)</a></h5>
<p>NB: all implementations except GNU CLISP also accept
<code>(require &quot;ASDF&quot;)</code>, <code>(require 'asdf)</code> and <code>(require :asdf)</code>.
For portability&rsquo;s sake, you should use <code>(require &quot;asdf&quot;)</code>.
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