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.TH guile 1 "08 Mar 2008"

.SH NAME

guile \- a library designed to help programmers create flexible applications 

.SH SYNOPSIS

/usr/bin/guile [OPTION]... 

.SH DESCRIPTION

Using Guile in an application allows programmers to write plug-ins, or 

modules (there are many names, but the concept is essentially the same) 

and users to use them to have an application fit their needs.

.LP

For additional information on using guile, see the Info format

documentation by running the following command from your shell:

.RS

.I /usr/sfw/bin/info guile

.RE

.LP

\fBguile\fR is provided for developers who are working on software

that has already adopted it.   However, it is not recommended that

\fBguile\fR be used when developing new software projects.

.PD

.SH ATTRIBUTES

See

.BR attributes (5)

for descriptions of the following attributes:

.sp

.TS

box;

cbp-1 | cbp-1

l | l .

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE

=

Availability	library/guile

=

Interface Stability	Uncommitted

.TE

.SH NOTES

Source for guile is available on http://opensolaris.org.