compile(fileName).
If the file name has the extension pl, then the extension can
be omitted. The compiled byte-code will be stored in a new file with the
same primary name and the extension out. To have the byte-code stored in a designated file, use
compile(fileName,byteFileName).
As an extension, compile/1 accepts a list of file names.
To load a compiled byte-code program, type
load(fileName).
To compile and load a program in one step, use
cl(fileName).
As an extension, both load/1 and cl/1 accept a list of file names.
Sometimes, you want to compile a program generated by another program. You can save the program into a file and then use compile or cl to compile it. As file input and output take time, the following predicate is provided to compile a program without saving it into a file:
compile_clauses(L).
where L must be a list of clauses to be compiled.