In this series of presentations, we examine different strategies for
creating a Common Lisp implementation, as well as the pros and cons of
each strategy.

We assume basic knowledge about how a typical modern operating system
(such as Unix) works, and how traditional batch languages (such as C)
are compiled and executed on such a system.  We furthermore assume
medium-level knowledge about Common Lisp.

In part 1, we compare the issues of creating a Common Lisp
implementation to the issues of writing a compiler for a traditional
batch language for a typical modern operating system.  Given these
issues, we investigate some strategies for creating a compiler for a
Common Lisp system, and we examine the requirements on the run-time
environment for the compiled code to be executable in that
environment.