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is a tool to describe how Lisp source code is organized in systems, and how to build and load these systems. The build happens based on a plan in term of actions that depend on previous actions; the plan is computed from the structure of the systems.
Typical actions consist of:
You must typically compile and load files that define packages, macros, variables, before you may compile and load other files that use them. Importantly, ASDF builds all software in the current Lisp image, as opposed to building software into separate processes.