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 "clonedijk", from the Clonedijk repository
The system "cluster", from the Cluster repository
The system "stealth-mixin", from the Stealth-mixin repository
The system "concrete-syntax-tree", from the Concrete-Syntax-Tree repository
The system "ctype", from the ctype repository
The system "eclector", from the Eclector repository
The system "khazern-intrinsic", from the Khazern 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 system "invistra/intrinsic", from the Invistra repository
The system "trivial-package-locks", from the trivial-package-locks 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 #commonlisp, and #clasp. All these channels are on the libera.chat network.

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.