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<h1 id="sec:overview"><a id="sec:2"><span class="sec-nr">2</span> <span class="sec-title">Overview</span></a></h1>

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<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="quickstart.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Getting 
started quickly</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="quickstart.html#sec:2.1.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.1.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Starting 
SWI-Prolog</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="quickstart.html#sec:2.1.1.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.1.1.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Starting 
SWI-Prolog on Unix</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="quickstart.html#sec:2.1.1.2"><span class="sec-nr">2.1.1.2</span> <span class="sec-title">Starting 
SWI-Prolog on Windows</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="quickstart.html#sec:2.1.2"><span class="sec-nr">2.1.2</span> <span class="sec-title">Executing 
a query</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="initfile.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.2</span> <span class="sec-title">The 
user's initialisation file</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="initgoal.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.3</span> <span class="sec-title">Initialisation 
files and goals</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="cmdline.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.4</span> <span class="sec-title">Command 
line options</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="cmdline.html#sec:2.4.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.4.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Informational 
command line options</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="cmdline.html#sec:2.4.2"><span class="sec-nr">2.4.2</span> <span class="sec-title">Command 
line options for running Prolog</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="cmdline.html#sec:2.4.3"><span class="sec-nr">2.4.3</span> <span class="sec-title">Controlling 
the stack sizes</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="cmdline.html#sec:2.4.4"><span class="sec-nr">2.4.4</span> <span class="sec-title">Running 
goals from the command line</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="cmdline.html#sec:2.4.5"><span class="sec-nr">2.4.5</span> <span class="sec-title">Compilation 
options</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="cmdline.html#sec:2.4.6"><span class="sec-nr">2.4.6</span> <span class="sec-title">Maintenance 
options</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="gemacs.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.5</span> <span class="sec-title">GNU 
Emacs Interface</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="help.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.6</span> <span class="sec-title">Online 
Help</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="history.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.7</span> <span class="sec-title">Command 
line history</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="topvars.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.8</span> <span class="sec-title">Reuse 
of top-level bindings</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="debugoverview.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.9</span> <span class="sec-title">Overview 
of the Debugger</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="compilation.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.10</span> <span class="sec-title">Compilation</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="compilation.html#sec:2.10.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.10.1</span> <span class="sec-title">During 
program development</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="compilation.html#sec:2.10.2"><span class="sec-nr">2.10.2</span> <span class="sec-title">For 
running the result</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="compilation.html#sec:2.10.2.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.10.2.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Using 
PrologScript</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="compilation.html#sec:2.10.2.2"><span class="sec-nr">2.10.2.2</span> <span class="sec-title">Creating 
a shell script</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="compilation.html#sec:2.10.2.3"><span class="sec-nr">2.10.2.3</span> <span class="sec-title">Creating 
a saved state</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="compilation.html#sec:2.10.2.4"><span class="sec-nr">2.10.2.4</span> <span class="sec-title">Compilation 
using the -c command line option</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="flags.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.11</span> <span class="sec-title">Environment 
Control (Prolog flags)</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="hooks.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.12</span> <span class="sec-title">An 
overview of hook predicates</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="autoload.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.13</span> <span class="sec-title">Automatic 
loading of libraries</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="gc.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.14</span> <span class="sec-title">Garbage 
Collection</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="syntax.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.15</span> <span class="sec-title">Syntax 
Notes</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="syntax.html#sec:2.15.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.15.1</span> <span class="sec-title">ISO 
Syntax Support</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="syntax.html#sec:2.15.1.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.15.1.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Processor 
Character Set</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="syntax.html#sec:2.15.1.2"><span class="sec-nr">2.15.1.2</span> <span class="sec-title">Character 
Escape Syntax</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="syntax.html#sec:2.15.1.3"><span class="sec-nr">2.15.1.3</span> <span class="sec-title">Syntax 
for non-decimal numbers</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="syntax.html#sec:2.15.1.4"><span class="sec-nr">2.15.1.4</span> <span class="sec-title">Using 
digit groups in large integers</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="syntax.html#sec:2.15.1.5"><span class="sec-nr">2.15.1.5</span> <span class="sec-title">Unicode 
Prolog source</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="syntax.html#sec:2.15.1.6"><span class="sec-nr">2.15.1.6</span> <span class="sec-title">Singleton 
variable checking</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="cyclic.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.16</span> <span class="sec-title">Rational 
trees (cyclic terms)</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="jitindex.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.17</span> <span class="sec-title">Just-in-time 
clause indexing</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="jitindex.html#sec:2.17.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.17.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Future 
directions</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="jitindex.html#sec:2.17.2"><span class="sec-nr">2.17.2</span> <span class="sec-title">Indexing 
and portability</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="widechars.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.18</span> <span class="sec-title">Wide 
character support</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="widechars.html#sec:2.18.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.18.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Wide 
character encodings on streams</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="widechars.html#sec:2.18.1.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.18.1.1</span> <span class="sec-title">BOM: 
Byte Order Mark</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="limits.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.19</span> <span class="sec-title">System 
limits</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="limits.html#sec:2.19.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.19.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Limits 
on memory areas</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h4"><a class="sec" href="limits.html#sec:2.19.1.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.19.1.1</span> <span class="sec-title">The 
heap</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="limits.html#sec:2.19.2"><span class="sec-nr">2.19.2</span> <span class="sec-title">Other 
Limits</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="limits.html#sec:2.19.3"><span class="sec-nr">2.19.3</span> <span class="sec-title">Reserved 
Names</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h2"><a class="sec" href="64bits.html"><span class="sec-nr">2.20</span> <span class="sec-title">SWI-Prolog 
and 64-bit machines</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="64bits.html#sec:2.20.1"><span class="sec-nr">2.20.1</span> <span class="sec-title">Supported 
platforms</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="64bits.html#sec:2.20.2"><span class="sec-nr">2.20.2</span> <span class="sec-title">Comparing 
32- and 64-bits Prolog</span></a></div>
<div class="toc-h3"><a class="sec" href="64bits.html#sec:2.20.3"><span class="sec-nr">2.20.3</span> <span class="sec-title">Choosing 
between 32- and 64-bit Prolog</span></a></div>
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