TAL Programmer's Guide

Contents
096254 Tandem Computers Incorporated v
About This Manual xxv
Notation Conventions xxxiii
Section 1 Introducing TAL
Using TAL 1-1
Major Features 1-1
System Services 1-3
System Procedures 1-3
TAL Run-Time Library 1-3
CRE Services 1-3
Section 2 Getting Started
Sample Source File 2-1
Creating Source Files 2-2
Compiler Directives 2-2
System Procedures 2-3
Procedures 2-3
Data Declarations 2-3
Statements 2-4
Comments 2-4
Compiling Source Files 2-4
Running Programs 2-5
Section 3 Structuring Programs
Source Files 3-1
Compilation Units 3-1
Structuring Compilation Units 3-1
Order of Components 3-3
Naming Compilation Units 3-4
Declaring Data 3-4
Declaring Global Data 3-5
Declaring Unblocked Global Data 3-5
Declaring Blocked Global Data 3-5