Well, as starters, when used in relationship to Tcl source code, the world ''compile'' tends to mean something along the lines of "run a program that reads in C source code and output an executable".

See also the following pointers to pages that related to compiling Tcl, or Tcl extensions. Maybe someone would like to rearrange the following into subject areas?

   * [configure]
   * [TEA2]
   * [Tcl C API]
   * [I cannot get Tcl (or an extension) to compile]
   * [optimized compilation of tcl]
   * [Generic compiling and linking via build tools]
   * [Extending Tcl]
   * [cross-compiling]
   * [how to compile tcl and related c extensions on windows]
   * [how to compile a tcl script into an exe program]
   * [microsoft c compiler and tcl]
   * [compiling tcl on a mac]
   * [compile tcl with tcc]
   * [What do I need to do to wrap Tcl/Tk around a command line oriented program]
   * [how to compile tcl and c extensions]
   * [building tcl/tk with mingw]
   * [building a custom tclsh]
   * [building stand-alone tcl/tk applications under mac os x]
   * [building an extension for tcl under mac os x]
   * [to build and test tcl]
   * [how to build for wince]
   * [building tcl and tk with cygwin]
   * [building tcl dll's for windows]
   * [building tcl under cygwin with mingw]
   * [solutions for extension building]
   * [build tcl with profile based optimization]
   * [Hello World as a C extension]
   * [intermediate tcl]

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