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.IX Title "nqp-m 1"
.TH nqp-m 1 2024-03-10 "perl v5.38.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
nqp\-m \- Not Quite Perl Compiler
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\& nqp\-m [switches] [\-\-] [programfile] [arguments]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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With no arguments, enters a REPL. With a \f(CW\*(C`[programfile]\*(C'\fR or the \f(CW\*(C`\-e\*(C'\fR
option, compiles the given program and by default also executes the
compiled code.
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\&  \-e program           one line of program
\&  \-h, \-\-help           display this help text
\&  \-\-target=[stage]     specify compilation stage to emit
\&  \-t, \-\-trace=[flags]  enable trace flags
\&  \-\-encoding=[mode]    specify string encoding mode
\&  \-o, \-\-output=[name]  specify name of output file
\&  \-v, \-\-version        display version information
\&  \-\-stagestats         display time spent in the compilation stages
\&  \-\-ll\-exception       display a low level backtrace on errors
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Note that only boolean single-letter options may be bundled
.SH "MOARVM OPTIONS"
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To specify options to the underlying MoarVM virtual machine, you must
explicitly run \f(CW\*(C`moar\*(C'\fR; you cannot specify these options by using the
\&\f(CW\*(C`perl6\*(C'\fR executable.
.PP
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\& moar [\-\-crash] [\-\-libpath=...] input.moarvm [program args]
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See \f(CW\*(C`moar \-\-help\*(C'\fR for a list of valid MoarVM options.
.SH AUTHORS
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Written by the NQP contributors, see the CREDITS file.
.PP
This manual page was written by Alessandro Ghedini for the Debian project,
and may be used by others.