A system is a collection of packages; you tell ASDF which are the main ones and how they fit in with other packages (their dependencies, from where they get some of their functionality). I guess that's as specific as the definition could get :-P
David Penton wrote:
Here comes my first stranger-in-a-stange-land question.
I am busy learning to use asdf. The asdf manual refers to defining "systems." It is not clear to me whether the term "system" has a formal definition in lisp, or rather is used loosely. I see that the CL ansi spec has a chapter (ch. 24) on System Construction, but this does not elucidate much (for me).
For asdf purposes, does "system" mean something specific, or does it just mean a bunch of lisp bits that make up a useful chunk of software?
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