Running Unicon

Unicon utilizes compile and link steps to translate source code programs into executable code. In this way, it is more like C than Java. Unicon source files end in the four characters .icn; it shares this extension with its predecessor, Icon.

Unicon object files are called ucode and end with the two characters .u. Here are some example invocations of the Unicon translator. Only the most common command-line options are presented:

• unicon mainname [ filename(s) ]

  Compile and link mainname.icn and other filenames to form an executable named mainname.exe on Windows or just mainname on most other platforms. The other filenames may have the extension .icn or .u; if no extension is provided, .icn is automatically added.

• unicon -o exename [ filename(s) ]

  The -o option directs the translator to compile and link an executable named exename, or on Windows, exename.exe. It’s the same as the previous example, except the output filename...