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KAWA(1)
KAWA(1)

NAME
       kawa - Scheme language implemented using	on a Java VM

SYNOPSIS
       kawa [options]
       java kawa.repl [options]

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual  page  documents  briefly the kawa package,	a
Scheme dialect
       written completely in the Java language.	 Scheme	forms are
compiled
       into Java bytecodes for efficiency.

       Scheme is a high-level non-pure functional language in the
Lisp family,
       with lexical scoping dynamically-types.	The Kawa  dialect
of Scheme
       contains	hooks to access	and control Java objects.

       Using  the kawa script is equivalent to invoking	an inter-
preter of the
       Java language on	the kawa.repl class.

       This manual page	is just	a quick	synopsis.  For	more  in-
formation, read
       the kawa	manual - see below.

OPTIONS
       -e expression
	      Evaluate the expression.

       -c expression
	      Evaluate	the  expression,  but  does not	cause the
start-up file
	      ~/.kawarc.scm to be read.

       -f filename
	      Read  and	 evaluate  Scheme   commands   from   the
filename.

       -s      Enter  an  interactive read-evaluate-print command
loop.

       -w     Enter an interactive read-evaluate-print in  a  new
top-level
	      window.

       -C filename
	      Compile  filename	 to one	or more	Java class files.
See the	Kawa
	      manual for details.

       If no options are specified, it is equivalent to	-s.
       GNU readline(3) can normally be used to edit commands.

FILES
       /usr/bin/kawa
	      The kawa executable, which  starts  a  java  inter-
preter.

       ~/.kawarc.scm
	      Commands that are	executed when kawa is started.

AUTHOR
       Per Bothner <per@bothner.com>.

SEE ALSO
       info kawa - the complete	Kawa manual.

       http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/
<http://www.gnu.org/software/kawa/> -
       the kawa	home page, based on the	same Kawa manual.

       qexo(1)	-  an implementation of	XQuery using the same en-
gine.

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