TAL Programmer's Guide

2 Getting Started
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To get you started quickly, this section presents a sample program and describes the
basic commands for developing and running a program.
Sample Source File The sample program adds two numbers together. The source code for the sample
program is in a source file named MYSRC. Figure 2-1 shows the content of the sample
source file.
Figure 2-1. Sample Source File
!This is a source file named MYSRC.
?SOURCE $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.EXTDECS (INITIALIZER)
!Include system procedure
PROC myproc MAIN; !Declare procedure MYPROC
BEGIN
INT var1; !Declare variables
INT var2;
INT total;
CALL initializer; !Handle start-up message
var1 := 5; !Assign value to VAR1
var2 := 10; !Assign value to VAR2
total := var1 + var2; !Assign sum to TOTAL
END; !End MYPROC
This section describes how to:
1. Create the source file
2. Compile the source file into an object file
3. Run the object file