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diff --git a/doc/emacs/building.texi b/doc/emacs/building.texi index 7194eb90ca9..8de93867baa 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/building.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi @@ -1486,6 +1486,13 @@ Emacs Lisp code goes in a separate file whose name ends in @file{foo.elc}. @xref{Byte Compilation,, Byte Compilation, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. +@cindex native compilation + Emacs Lisp code can also be compiled into @dfn{native code}: machine +code not unlike the one produced by a C or Fortran compiler. Native +code runs even faster than byte-code. Natively-compiled Emacs Lisp +code is stored in files whose names end in @samp{.eln}. @xref{Native +Compilation,, Byte Compilation, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. + @findex load-file To @dfn{load} an Emacs Lisp file, type @kbd{M-x load-file}. This command reads a file name using the minibuffer, and executes the |