TAL Programmer's Guide

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How to Use This
Manual Set
The TAL manual set consists of the manuals listed in Table 1:
Table 1. TAL Manual Set
Manual Description
TAL Programmer’s
Guide
Helps you get started in creating, structuring, compiling, running and
debugging programs. Describes how to declare and access procedures and
variables and how the TAL compiler allocates storage for variables.
TAL Reference
Manual
Describes the syntax for declaring variables and procedures and for specifying
expressions, statements, standard functions, and compiler directives;
describes error and warning messages.
TAL Reference
Summary
Presents a summary of syntax diagrams.
The TAL Programmer’s Guide is a prerequisite to the TAL Reference Manual:
TAL
Reference
Summary
TAL
Reference
Manual
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TAL
Programmer's
Guide
If you are not familiar with TAL, first read the TAL Programmer’s Guide.
If you are familiar with TAL and the process environment, consult the TAL Reference
Manual for the syntax for declarations, statements, and directives and for information
about error messages.
If you are are writing a program that mixes TAL modules with modules written in
other languages, see Section 17, “Mixed-Language Programming,” in the TAL
Programmer’s Guide.