pTAL Reference Manual (H06.03+)

HP pTAL Reference Manual—523746-005
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Compiling and Linking pTAL
Programs
Input to the compiler is a source file containing pTAL source text (such as data
declarations, statements, compiler directives, and comments).
Output from the compiler is a linkfile consisting of relocatable code and data blocks.
To produce an executable pTAL program, link one or more linkfiles into a single loadfile
(see Figure 16-1 on page 16-1).
Figure 16-1. Compiling and Linking pTAL Programs
pTAL Source File 2
Compiler
Nonexecutable
Object File 2
Linker
Executable
Object File
pTAL Source File 1
Compiler
Nonexecutable
Object File 1
pTAL Source File n
Compiler
Nonexecutable
Object File n
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