ALEF(1) ALEF(1)
NAME
val, kal - ALEF compilers
SYNOPSIS
kal [ option ... ] [ name ... ]
val [ option ... ] [ name ... ]
DESCRIPTION
ALEF is a concurrent programming language with a syntax like
C's. Kal and val compile the named ALEF source files into
SPARC and MIPS object files. Source files have the exten-
sion .l. The ALEF source is passed through cpp(1) prior to
compilation. Object files have the normal extension for each
architecture: .k for SPARC and .v for MIPS.
The compiler options are:
-o obj Place output in file obj (ignored if there is more
than one input file). Default is to take the last
element of the input pathname, strip any trailing .l,
and append .v or .k .
-w Print warning messages for non fatal errors.
-N Do not run the code optimizer.
-c Generate code for check statements.
-S Produce assembly language as output. Default is to
take the last element of the input pathname, strip
any trailing .l, and append .s.
-Idir The directory dir is added to the front of the
include search path.
-Dname=def
-Dname Define the name to the preprocessor, as if by
`#define'. If no definition is given, the name is
defined as `1'.
-Idir `#include' files whose names do not begin with `/'
are always sought first in the directory of the file
argument, then in directories named in -I options,
then in /sys/include/alef, and finally in
/$objtype/include/alef.
-d# Produce various forms of debugging. The # is a char-
acter in the range a-z or A-Z.
EXAMPLE
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To compile and run on a SPARC the ALEF program in the cur-
rent directory:
kal -w *.l
kl *.k
k.out
FILES
/sys/include/alef directory for #include files.
/$objtype/lib/alef directory for ALEF libraries
SEE ALSO
2a(1), 2l(1), rl(1), mk(1), nm(1), db(1)
Phil Winterbottom, "ALEF Reference Manual"
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