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All operations on INTERCAL source code available in
C-INTERCAL, other than the conversion from one character
set to another, are currently carried out by the compiler
ick.
The syntax is
ick -options inputfile
(Options can be given preceded by separate hyphens, or all in a row after one hyphen, or a mixture; they’re all single characters.) By default, this compiles one INTERCAL program given as the input file directly to an executable without doing anything fancy; usually you will want to give options, which are described below.
| • Language-affecting Options: | Options that specify language dialect | |
| • Debug Options: | Debug your code or ick itself | |
| • Output Options: | Specifying output format and location | |
| • Optimizer Options: | Yes, you can optimize INTERCAL! | |
| • Other Options: | Options not covered in other sections | |
| • Options to Generated Programs: | Generated executables allow options too | |
| • Environment Variables: | What environment variables affect ick |