pTAL Guidelines for TAL Programmers

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About This Manual
This manual describes the differences between the HP Transaction Application
Language (TAL) and the Portable Transaction Application Language (pTAL).
Throughout this manual, the nouns “TAL” and “pTAL” refer to the languages, not to the
TAL compiler and pTAL compiler.
This manual does not:
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Describe the entire TAL or pTAL language
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Describe constructs whose syntax and semantics are identical in TAL and pTAL
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Explain how to use the TAL, pTAL, or EpTAL compiler
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Explain the differences between the native compilers
Topics:
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Audience on page xi
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Related Documentation on page xi
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Notation Conventions on page xii
Audience
This manual is intended for HP developers who are:
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Very familiar with TAL
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Either converting existing TAL programs to pTAL or writing new pTAL programs
Related Documentation
Publication Description
TAL Reference Manual Describes the entire TAL language
TAL Programmer’s Guide
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Explains how to use the TAL compiler
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Gives guidelines for using TAL
TAL Programmer’s Guide Data
Alignment Addendum
Documents the data alignment requirements of TAL
pTAL Reference Manual
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Describes the entire pTAL language
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Explains how to use the pTAL and EpTAL compilers
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Explains the differences between the pTAL and EpTAL
compilers
pTAL Conversion Guide Describes the differences between the programming
languages TAL and pTAL