TAL Programmer's Guide

About This Manual
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The Transaction Application Language (TAL) is a high-level, block-structured
language used to write systems software and transaction-oriented applications.
The TAL compiler compiles TAL source programs into executable object programs.
The compiler and the object programs it generates execute under control of the
Tandem NonStop Kernel.
This manual gives guidelines for using TAL and the TAL compiler. General topics
described in this manual include:
How to create, structure, compile, and run a program
The process environment, addressing modes, and storage allocation
How to declare and access procedures and variables
Audience This manual is intended for system programmers and application programmers
familiar with Tandem systems and the operating system.