SICL: A new Common Lisp Implementation

This is the main source code repository for SICL. It contains the compiler, standard library, and documentation.

What is SICL?

SICL is a new implementation of Common Lisp. It is intentionally divided into many implementation-independent modules that are written in a totally or near-totally portable way, so as to allow other implementations to incorporate these modules from SICL, rather than having to maintain their own, perhaps implementation-specific versions.

Quick Start

Make sure you have installed the dependencies:

A recent 64-bit version of SBCL
The system "cluster" from the Cluster repository
The system "concrete-syntax-tree" from the Concrete-Syntax-Tree repository
The system "eclector", from the Eclector repository
The system "trucler-reference", from the Trucler repository
The system "clostrum", from the Clostrum repository
The system "incless-intrinsic", from the Incless repository

The bash script get-dependencies.sh will do this work for you.

Clone the source with git:

$ git clone https://github.com/robert-strandh/SICL
$ cd SICL

Make sure the top-level directory can be found by ASDF.
Compile the boot system as follows:
```
(asdf:load-system :sicl-boot)
```
Change the package for convenience:
```
(in-package #:sicl-boot)
```
Create an instance of the BOOT class:
```
(defparameter *b* (boot))
```
Bootstrapping may take a few minutes.
Start a REPL:
```
(repl *e5*)
```

Documentation

Check the Documentation directory for more information.

Getting Help and Contributing

The SICL community members are usually on various IRC channels. There is now a dedicated channel called #sicl, but discussion can also be found on #lisp, #clasp, and #clim.

Keep up on SICL by reading the IRC logs

If you want to contribute SICL, please read CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

SICL is primarily distributed under the terms of the BSD license.