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