Introduction to Networking for NonStop S-Series Servers

Application Programming With Communications

Products

Introduction to Networking for HP NonStop S-Series Servers—520670-005

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NonStop NBX and HP NonStop NBT

HP NonStop NBX provides legacy network basic input/output system (NetBIOS)

support over IPX/SPX. HP NBT provides legacy NetBIOS support over NonStop

TCP/IP.

Language Support

HP provides a number of programming languages for developing application software.

The languages most commonly used for writing applications for NonStop S-series

servers include Transaction Application Language (TAL), C, C++, and COBOL85. The

language you use for the communications part of your application depends on the

product or interface you are using. Very high-level interfaces are usually designed for

COBOL programmers; other interfaces are likely to be designed for TAL or C

programmers. Many HP compilers have a feature that lets you insert lines of TAL code

into a program written in another language such as COBOL85. See the

product-specific manuals for information about language support.