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<H1>TDF Guide, Issue 4.0 </H1>
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<H3>January 1998</H3>
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<H1>1 Introduction</H1>
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This memo is intended to be a fairly detailed commentary on the specification
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of TDF, a kind of Talmud to the Torah. If it conflicts with the specification
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document, it is wrong. The aim is elucidate the various constructions
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of TDF, giving examples of usages both from the point of view of a
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producer of TDF and how it is used to construct programs on particular
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platforms using various installers or translators. In addition, some
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attempt is made to give the reasons why the particular constructions
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have been chosen. Most of the commentary is a distillation of questions
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and answers raised by people trying to learn TDF from the specification
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document. <P>
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Throughout this document, references like (S5.1)</A> are headings
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in the TDF specification, Issue 4.0. I use the term "compiling"
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or "producing" to mean the production of TDF from some source
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language and "translating" to mean making a program for
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some specific platform from TDF.<P>
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Changes between Issue 3.0 and Issuue 4.0 are marked by change bars.
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Also I use the first person where I am expressing my own opinions
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or preferences; these should not be taken as official opinions of
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DRA or the TenDRA team.<P>
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