pTAL Reference Manual (H06.08+)

Introduction to pTAL
HP pTAL Reference Manual—523746-006
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pTAL Applications
For more information:
pTAL Applications
The pTAL language is appropriate for writing applications where optimal performance
has high priority, for example:
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Systems software
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Operating system components
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Compilers and interpreters
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Command interpreters
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Special subsystems
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Special routines that support data communication activities
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Transaction-oriented applications
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Server processes used with HP data management software
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Conversion routines that allow data transfer between HP software and other
applications
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Procedures that are callable from programs written in other languages
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Applications that require optimal performance
You cannot embed SQL/MP or SQL/MX statements in pTAL source code.
Topic Source
Itanium® chips used in TNS/E
systems
Intel Itanium Architecture Software Developer’s Manual
RISC chips used in TNS/R
systems
MIPS RISC Architecture by Gerry Kane and Joe Heinrich
TNS/R or TNS/E architecture System description manual for your system
Compiling pTAL source
programs
Section 16, Compiling and Linking pTAL Programs