T3X Release 5.3
	A compiler for the minimum procedural language T3X
	Copyright (C) 1996-1998 Nils M. Holm


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	SUMMARY

	T3X is a very basic procedural language. Its syntax is a cross
	between Pascal and BCPL, but it is smaller and simpler.
	Originally, T has been designed to provide a portable notation
	for algorithms, but meanwhile it has become a useful allround
	language.
	Unlike many popular languages like C++ and Java, it does not
	provide a very abstract and complex environment to achieve
	portability, but only a set of very basic operations and builtin
	routines which may be easily implemented on a variety of
	different platforms.


	T3X COMPILER FEATURES

	.  Platform independant bytecode (T->Tcode) compiler.
	.  Very simple and portable Tcode interpreter (in C).
	.  Portable Tcode optimizer for all platforms.
	.  A preprocessor in the style of CPP.
	.  Predefined includable routines for fully buffered I/O
		and dynamic memory menagement.
	.  A Tcode disassembler.
	.  A code generator generator for defining new backends.
	.  Native code generators (Tcode->386(GAS), Tcode->8086
		(TASM,MASM,S86), Tcode->C(generic)).
	.  Runtime libraries for DOS, FreeBSD, and Plan9.
	.  Extended runtime environment providing terminal control
		device-independant vector graphics.
	.  Cross development tools for compiling DOS programs.


	GETTING STARTED

	After installing the package, type `tx -h' to get a brief
	summary of the compiler options.

	The directory /usr/local/share/doc/t3x/ contains various
	documents about the T3X language and its extensions.

	There are some very simple example programs in the directory
	/usr/local/share/examples/t3x.

	To cross-compile programs for DOS, try 'tx -m 86a program.t'.

	Try 'man s86' to learn more about the DOS cross development
	tools which have been included in the T3X package.


	AUTHOR

	Nils M. Holm <fs29@rumms.uni-mannheim.de>

	Robert-Bosch-Str. 2
	69502 Hemsbach
	Germany