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NAME            tmg -- compiler compiler
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SYNOPSIS        tmg\b\b\b___ name
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DESCRIPTION     tmg\b\b\b___
produces a translator for the language whose parsing
and translation rules are described in file name.t\b\b__.
The new translator appears
in a.out and may be used thus:
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a.out\b\b\b\b\b_____ input [ output ]
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Except in rare cases input must be a randomly
addressable file.
If no output file is specified, the standard output file
is assumed.
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FILES           /sys/tmg/tmgl.o -- the compiler-compiler
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/sys/tmg[abc] -- libraries
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alloc.d -- table storage
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SEE ALSO        A Manual for the Tmg Compiler-writing Language,
MM-72-1271-8.
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DIAGNOSTICS     Syntactic errors result in "???" followed by the
offending line.
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Situations such as space overflow
with which the Tmg processor or a Tmg-produced
processor can not cope result in a descriptive comment and 
a dump.
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BUGS            9.2 footnote 1 is not enforced, causing trouble.
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Restrictions (7.) against mixing bundling primitives
should be lifted.
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Certain hidden reserved words exist: gpar, classtab, trans.
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Octal digits include 8=10 and 9=11.