Raymond Toy pushed to branch master at cmucl / cmucl
Commits: 5c10ab93 by Raymond Toy at 2016-01-09T10:50:21Z Add list of features to README.
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===================================== README.md ===================================== --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,3 +8,45 @@ debugger and code profiler; and an Emacs-like editor implemented in Common Lisp. CMUCL is maintained by a team of volunteers collaborating over the Internet, and is mostly in the public domain.
+Here is a summary of its main features: + +* support for **static arrays** that are never moved by GC but are + properly removed when no longer referenced. +* **Unicode** support, including many of the most common external + formats such as UTF-8 and support for handling Unix, DOS, and + Mac end-of-line schemes. +* native **double-double floats** including complex double-double + floats and specialized arrays for double-double floats and and + complex double-double floats that give approximately 106 bits + (32 digits) of precision. +* a **sophisticated native-code compiler** which is capable of + powerful type inferences, and generates code competitive in + speed with C compilers. +* **generational garbage collection** on all supported + architectures. +* **multiprocessing capability** on the x86 ports. +* a foreign function interface which allows interfacing with C code + and system libraries, including shared libraries on most platforms, + and direct access to Unix system calls. +* support for interprocess communication and remote procedure calls. +* an implementation of CLOS, the [Common Lisp Object + System](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Lisp_Object_System), + which includes multimethods and a metaobject protocol. +* a graphical source-level debugger using a Motif interface, and a + code profiler. +* an interface to the X11 Window System (CLX), and a sophisticated + graphical widget library ([Garnet](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~garnet/), + available separately). +* programmer-extensible input and output streams ([Gray + Streams](http://www.nhplace.com/kent/CL/Issues/stream-definition-by-user.html) + and + [simple-streams](http://www.franz.com/support/documentation/current/doc/streams.htm)). +* an Emacs-like editor, + [Hemlock](http://cmucl.org/hemlock/index.html), implemented in + Common Lisp. +* **freely redistributable**: free, with full source code (most of + which is in the public domain) and no strings attached (and no + warranty). Like the GNU/Linux and *BSD operating systems, CMUCL is + maintained and improved by a team of volunteers collaborating over + the Internet. +
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