The Slim Compiler

The Slim compiler is a command-line compiler that produces an object file, given the name of a file containing the source text of a module. Each file represents exactly one module, and the name of the file is also the name of the module -- except for the ".slm" extension which is required for the file.

If your compiler is correctly installed, you should be able to invoke it to compile module xyz (found in file xyz.slm) by typing the following at the command line:

  slim xyz
Only one module/file can be compiled at a time.

If a module is a associated with a linker parameter file with an ".lnk" extension, the compile command automatically invokes the linker.

When debugging a program, it may be more advantageous to interpret it, rather to compile and link.


Herman Venter


This is Slim documentation as snarfed on 27 May 1999 by dB.