kawa - Scheme language implemented using on a Java VM
SYNOPSIS
kawa
[options]
java kawa.repl
[options]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
kawa
package, a Scheme dialect written completely in the Java language.
Scheme forms are compiled into Java bytecodes for efficiency.
Scheme is a high-level non-pure functional language in the Lisp family,
with lexical scoping dynamically-types.
The Kawa dialect of Scheme contains hooks to access and control Java objects.
Using the
kawa
script is equivalent to invoking an interpreter of the Java language on the
kawa.repl
class.
This manual page is just a quick synopsis.
For more information, read the
kawa manual - see below.
OPTIONS
- -e expression
-
Evaluate the
expression.
- -c expression
-
Evaluate the
expression,
but does not cause the start-up file
~/.kawarc.scm
to be read.
- -f filename
-
Read and evaluate Scheme commands from the
filename.
- -s
-
Enter an interactive read-evaluate-print command loop.
- -w
-
Enter an interactive read-evaluate-print in a new top-level window.
- -C filename
-
Compile
filename
to one or more Java class files. See the Kawa manual for details.
If no options are specified, it is equivalent to
-s.
GNU
readline(3) can normally be used to edit commands.
FILES
- /usr/bin/kawa
-
The
kawa
executable, which starts a
java
interpreter.
- ~/.kawarc.scm
-
Commands that are executed when
kawa
is started.
AUTHOR
Per Bothner <per@bothner.com>.
SEE ALSO
info kawa - the complete Kawa manual.
http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/
http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/
- the
kawa
home page, based on the same Kawa manual.
qexo(1)
- an implementation of XQuery using the same engine.
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