+
+@node Interpreter
+@comment node-name, next, previous, up
+@section Interpreter
+@cindex Interpreter
+@findex @cl{eval}
+@vindex @sbext{@earmuffs{evaluator-mode}}
+
+By default SBCL implements @code{eval} by calling the native code
+compiler.
+
+SBCL also includes an interpreter for use in special cases where using
+the compiler is undesirable, for example due to compilation overhead.
+Unlike in some other Lisp implementations, in SBCL interpreted code is
+not safer or more debuggable than compiled code.
+
+@include var-sb-ext-star-evaluator-mode-star.texinfo