Re: compiling a Lisp source to exe

c> Using gcc (on Windows) like this: [>gcc -o hello.exe hello.c] will
c> produce a file that I can run natively. Is it possible to do this same
c> with a Lisp file?

c> When I run compile-file I don't get anything I can copy to another
c> machine (with a Lisp) and run.

compile-file is like `gcc -c` -- it compliles to sort of object file, but
does not link it to an executable. if you have lisp on your target machine,
you can just load that "object files" (usually called fasls), so you do not
really need linking.

if you actually want a standalone executble, that is made via
implementation-specific functions. for example, check
ECL documentation:
http://ecls.sourceforge.net/new-manual/ch22s06.html





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