produce an implementation of the Common-Lisp language which complies
to the ANSI X3J13 definition of the language.
-The term embeddable refers to the fact that ECL includes a lisp to C
+The term embeddable refers to the fact that ECL includes a Lisp to C
compiler, which produces libraries (static or dynamic) that can be
called from C programs. Furthermore, ECL can produce standalone
-executables from your lisp code and can itself be linked to your
-programs as a shared library.
+executables from Lisp code and can itself be linked to your programs
+as a shared library. I also features an interpreter for situations
+when C compiler isn't available.
-ECL supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
-Solaris (at least v. 9), Microsoft Windows and OSX, running on top of
-the Intel, Sparc, Alpha, ARM and PowerPC processors. Porting to other
-architectures should be rather easy.
+ECL supports the operating systems Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly
+BSD, OpenBSD, Solaris (at least v. 9), Microsoft Windows (MSVC, MinGW
+and Cygwin) and OSX, running on top of the Intel, Sparc, Alpha, ARM
+and PowerPC processors. Porting to other architectures should be
+rather easy.
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